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See Prisons, page 8
RALEIGH | Gov. Bev Perdue, along with judi-ciary
and legislative leaders, have mounted a
bipartisan effort to develop a data-driven ap-proach
to public safety that will reduce spending
on corrections and reinvest the savings in ways
that prevent recidivism and hold offenders ac-countable
for their actions.
The state is partnering with the Council of
State Governments Justice Center, the Pew Cen-ter
on the States and the U.S. Department of
Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, to analyze
North Carolina’s criminal justice system using
a “justice reinvestment” approach. Working in
concert, state leaders secured the public-private
assistance and financial support.
“By using a data-driven approach, we will get
the information we need to ensure that every
taxpayer dollar spent on corrections and other
public safety measures has the greatest impact
on crime,” Gov. Perdue said. “It will also allow
us to reinvest savings to reduce recidivism, in
turn, reducing the additional prisons that may
be needed over the next ten years.”
Secretary Alvin Keller was among those join-ing
the announcement, made in the Capitol. He
spoke about the importance of the effort.
“Justice Reinvestment is not just a project for
us -- it is an investment that will take all of us to
achieve results,” Secretary Keller said. “Justice
Reinvestment is about smart and sound criminal
justice policy. It is about spending less building
prisons and doing more to help offenders in the
community lead successful lives.”
Between 2000 and 2008, the state’s pris-on
population increased by 25 percent from
Changing focus of justice:
Invest more in prevention
31,581 to 39,326 inmates. During that same
eight years, the Department of Correction bud-get
increased from $918 million to more than
$1.31 billion. The North Carolina Sentencing
and Policy Advisory Commission projects that
if existing policies remain unchanged, the prison
population will increase by another 25 percent
between 2009 and 2019 and the state will need
an additional 8,500 prison beds.
To guide the work of the project, the state
has established a Justice Reinvestment Work
Group composed of state agency heads, legisla-tive
leaders from both political parties and top
Gov. Bev Perdue, left, and Secretary Alvin Keller, listen as N.C.
Sen. Ellie Kinnaird speaks about legislative leadership support
for the justice reinvestment effort announced by the governor.
RALEIGH | Twenty-two Department of
Correction employees were honored on
March 25 for having demonstrated out-standing
job performance, heroism or
exceptional community service.
The workers were cited as employees
of the year at a ceremony in the Martin
Building on the N.C. State Fairgrounds
in Raleigh.
Among the 22 employees were 10
correctional officers, eight probation/
parole officers and six who were nomi-nated
by the department for the
Governor’s Award for Excellence.
Correctional Officers of the Year, shown in the upper photograph,
were, front, Sgt. Gary Wright, Caledonia Correctional
Institution; middle row, Sgt. Teresa Price, Fountain Correc-tional
Center for Women; Officer Pedro Jimenez, Western Youth
Institution; Sgt. Elizabeth Harrington, Orange Correctional
Center; and Officer Pamela Jezik, Mountain View CI.
Back row, Lead Officer Dwayne Jones, Lumberton CI; Officer
Donald Hunt, Lumberton CI; Lt. William Warner, Eastern CI;
Lt. Jeffrey Pope, Wayne CC; Sgt. Terry Wayne Peacock,
Piedmont CI; and Officer John Moore (retired), Nash CI.
Probation/Parole Officers of the Year, shown in the photo to
the right, were, front row, Joseph Hackett, probation/parole
officer II (PPOII), Wayne County (also a Governor’s Award
for Excellence nominee); Beverly Turner, (PPOII), Bertie
County; and Mitzi Quinn, (PPOII), Cabarrus County. Back row,
James Hadden, chief probation/parole officer, Richmond
County (also a Governor’s Award for Excellence nominee);
Donald Harris, surveillance officer, Orange County; Charles
McDaniel, (PPOII), Fayetteville; and Eddie Berry, (PPOII),
Catawba County.
Governors Awards of Excellence Nominees were Mary Beth
Carroll, Division of Prisons Administration, Raleigh;
James Langston (retired), superintendent, Wake Correc-tional
Center; Glenn R. Weeks, chief probation/
parole officer, Swain and Jackson counties; Robert
Whalley, PPO II, Randolph County.
Outstanding
employees
applauded
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February-April 2010
RALEIGH | The April 1 clo-sure
of McCain Correctional
Hospital in Hoke County
marks the end of eight months
of work to close seven prisons
and convert several others as
ordered by the legislature in
the 2009-10 budget.
The seven prison closings
and changes at nine others
eliminated 516 positions for a
$22.3 million annual savings.
The department was able to
place 417 employees into
other vacant positions within
the agency and 73 employees
left the agency after receiv-ing
severance. Approximately
2,000 inmates transferred to
other prisons as part of the
process.
“This could not have been
completed as smoothly and
efficiently without the coor-dinated
and dedicated work
of hundreds of people at the
affected prisons, in human
resources and in prison admin-
Legislature-ordered prison closings completed
istration,” said Secretary Alvin
Keller. “We are grateful for
everyone’s efforts and profes-sionalism
during a complicated
and sometimes difficult pro-cess.”
The prisons that closed and
their closing dates are:
4 Wilmington Residential
Facility for Women,
Sept. 1, 2009.
4 Guilford Correctional
Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
See Justice, page 8
Elizabeth Harrington
Sergeant, Orange CC
Never hesitating to
tackle any assign-ment
or respon-sibility
given to
her, Officer
Harrington
clearly dem-onstrated
her
phenomenal
work ethic
and dedication when she was called to
take on additional responsibility during
the absence of a co-worker.
Promoted to sergeant in 2007, Of-ficer
Harrington was given administrative
duties, night shift relief and assisting the
trust fund/canteen officer. When the fis-cal
officer fell victim to a fatal illness, Sgt.
Harrington assumed full responsibility for
the trust fund and canteen for an extend-ed
time, in addition to her other duties.
At the same time, Harrington also
managed the establishment of a debit card
system for the inmates using the canteen.
Donald Hunt
Correctional Officer, Lumberton CI
In hospitals, “code” calls -- such as the familiar “code blue” -- usually
demand an immediate response. “Code gray” is a similar call, dealing
with a threat to hospital security.
Such was the case when Officer Hunt and Sgt. Wilson Jacobs
were escorting an inmate at Southeastern Regional Medical
Center.
A Lumberton police officer was having trouble with her
subject that resulted in the “code gray” call. Sgt. Jacobs directed Officer Hunt to respond.
Officer Gray seized the subject when he lunged at the police officer, and wrestled the
subject to floor.
His action allowed other police officers, who responded quickly, to secure the man and
restore security at the hospital. Officer Hunt then returned to his duty with the inmate.
2010 Correctional Officers of the Year
Dwayne Jones
Lead Officer, Lumberton CI
Officer Jones, driving
on Highway 41 while
returning to Lumber-ton
Correctional on a
June day, noticed an
elderly man lying on
his back in his front
yard. It was hot that
day, and Officer
Jones suspected the
man was in physi-cal
distress.
He stopped to check on the elderly
man, and determined that he had col-lapsed
from getting too hot. The elderly
man was unable to get up, so Officer
Jones picked him up and took into his
home. Officer Jones then told the man’s
wife what was happening, and offered any
other assistance she might need.
Sgt. Pam Odom nominated Officer
Jones for the award, saying, “Officer
Jones’ display of compassion and concern
played a critical role in the survival of the
elderly Lumberton resident.”
John Moore
Correctional Officer, Nash CI
Officer Moore wears an
immaculate uniform and
demeanor. Just as im-peccable
is his reputa-tion
as a respected team
player at Nash Correc-tional
Institution. Most
noteworthy are his
helpfulness, versatility
and effectiveness.
He has defused
volatile situations with
his communication skills. Officer Moore
has worked in the gatehouse, tower, master
control and food operations, receiving ac-colades
from all.
Due in part to his dedication to Nash
Correctional, Officer Moore postponed
some needed medical treatment, resulting
later in an extended absence. His impor-tance
to Nash’s operations and person-nel
was felt strongly while he was gone.
Superintendent Butch Jackson said “it was
obvious that Officer Moore made a positive
impact on the facility’s success.”
Jeffrey Pope
Lieutenant, Wayne CC
A war veteran, Lt.
Pope of Wayne
Correctional put his
own life on the line
to free a wreck vic-tim
from her car.
He saw two
cars collide as
he was driving
his daughter
home from
school. He
saw one
driver remove
himself from his vehicle, but the second
driver was still in the other car – which
was starting to burn.
The driver’s door would not open, so
Pope began extracting the woman through
a twisted window. The flames grew. An-other
bystander helped Lt. Pope get the
woman away from the car. It was fully
burning before they could reach the other
side of the road.
Superintendent Robert Hines said Lt.
Pope “acted in a very heroic and unselfish
manner.”
If there is a better way for him to do his
job or to help make Eastern a better cor-rectional
facility, Lt. Warner will find
it and do it. That’s why Capt. Donald
Kiewert said that Lt. Warner is “the
epitome of the ideal correctional of-ficer.”
He improved shift command
procedures, post orders and emer-gency
plans. He ensures all proce-dures
and post orders are cross-ref-
William Warner Lieutenant, Eastern CI
Pamela Jezik
Correctional Officer, Mountain View CI
Officer Jezik often assumes extra work assignments as part of her
dedication and her name is usually first in consideration for taking on
special projects.
As Mountain View Correctional Institution’s safety officer, she
maintains strict standards and was instrumental in bringing the fa-cility
up to standards for ACA safety accreditation. She also serves
on the prison Emergency Response Team.
She also has started a wellness committee to help staff maintain
a healthier lifestyle and she participates in fundraisers for Special Olympics including the
Polar Plunge and runs in the Avery, Mitchell and Yancey leg of the Torch Run. Officer Jezik
serves as a coach for runners who want to participate in triathlons and other high endurance
events.
Pedro Jimenez
Correctional Officer, Western YI
Officer Jimenez had
stopped at a Hickory
gasoline station in
September 2008
when he saw an ob-viously
intoxicated
suspect advance
toward a Hickory
police officer.
Without hesitation, Jimenez intercept-ed
the suspect, placing him in a bear hug
and preventing him from assaulting the
officer. Jimenez pinned the suspect to the
ground while the office handcuffed him.
After another brief scuffle, the suspect
was secured inside the police cruiser.
Jimenez’s courageous and quick re-sponse
prevented the incident from de-veloping
into a more dangerous situation
for the police officer and others present
at the scene. In July 2009, Officer Ji-menez
left his CO position and took on a
new job admitting inmates in the diagnos-tic
center at Western.
Terry Peacock
Sergeant, Piedmont CI
On September 14,
2008, Sgt. Peacock
responded to a medical
emergency and discov-ered
an inmate with
a sheet tied around
his neck, hanging
from a sprinkler
head in his cell.
Sgt. Peacock im-mediately
called
for assistance and
removed the sheet. He began CPR until
other staff and EMT technicians arrived to
assist.
As a result of Sgt. Peacock’s swift ac-tions,
the inmate was unsuccessful at his
suicide attempt and was transported to a
Salisbury hospital for treatment. Although
the inmate later died of complications, his
family was grateful that they were able to
visit with the inmate prior to his death, due
in large part to the efforts of Sgt. Peacock.
Sgt. Peacock displayed true professional-ism
while performing his duties at Piedmont
Correctional Institution.
Teresa Price Sergeant, Fountain CCW
Sgt. Price has become
a standout employee
in multiple ways at
Fountain. She is as-signed
to the Fiscal
Section, and has sev-eral
responsibilities,
ranging from can-teen
operations
to computer
support to
Christmas pack-ages
and chemicals inventories.
Sgt. Price is an exemplary leader in these
areas, in addition to carrying the normal
duties of a sergeant. She also found a way
to more efficiently maintain an adequate
store of cleaning chemicals and supplies.
Sgt. Price’s quick response is believed
to have prevented a dangerous fire in the
laundry. Her discovery of the cause of
the near-incineration of cleaning rags in
a dryer has become part of DOC safety
training.
Superintendent Lynn Sanders said Sgt.
Price is a dedicated, caring employee,
“who strives to do what is best.”
Gary Wright
Sergeant, Caledonia CI
More than 10 years ago,
Sgt. Wright, retired
after 30 years as a
federal employee in
Washington, DC, hav-ing
worked in the White
House. He came to
North Carolina
and went to work
as a correctional
officer at Cale-donia.
With
his professionalism and dedication, Sgt.
Wright sets an exemplary standard for
other officers.
He shares his skills, experience and
training with volunteer agencies through-out
the Halifax County region. Sgt.
Wright is captain of a volunteer fire de-partment
dive team, conducting underwa-ter
searches and teaching others how to
do the same.
Caledonia Unit Manager John Saldi
nominated the sergeant for Officer of the
Year. He said Wright’s “many contribu-tions
to the local fire and rescue squads
speak volumes about his character.”
erenced and updated.
Lt. Warner is outstanding outside,
too. Twice on his way to work in pre-dawn
hours, Lt. Warner stopped to
help people: One, a man whose car,
with a friend inside, was wrecked in a
ditch; and another, three Marines
whose car had run out of gas on
their way back to base. “I can’t
imagine anyone more deserving,”
Capt. Kiewert said.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 2
Community Corrections Officers of the Year
Eddie Berry
Probation/Parole Officer II
Catawba County
Officer Berry has a “stay-until-the-
job-gets-done” work ethic
when it comes to offender
supervision. He often works
beyond normal hours on
cases that require judgment
and ability to spot “red flags” in case work.
He willingly serves as needed on special proj-ects,
such as the risk-needs assessment/case plan
pilot project in Raleigh, and he is willing to learn
new tasks and utilize new supervision tools.
Berry routinely performs thorough Community
Threat Group investigations as part of his role as
the District 25B CTG officer.
Chief Probation/Parole Office Kent Spears
nominated Berry, stating, “He’s the type of officer
who is a DCC ambassador in the community and
continually exhibits good judgment and character
on and off duty.
Joseph Hackett
Probation/Parole Officer II
Wayne County
Tanya Cannady kept walking
as she turned her back to the
highway to wave to some-one
behind her. She
did not see the car ap-proaching
at high speed.
A probationer did, and he screamed “No!” as he
spoke on the phone with Officer Hackett.
Hackett told the probationer to call 911, and
rushed to the scene, which was near his home.
A nurse had also shown up, and she and Hackett
checked Ms. Cannady. She had only a faint pulse.
Hackett began CPR until emergency medical per-sonnel
arrived. He also checked the driver and his
probationer.
Ms. Cannady’s injuries were serious, and
it’s believed the CPR was critical to her survival.
Hackett was also nominated for a Governor’s
Award for Excellence.
James Hadden
Chief Probation/Parole Officer
Richmond County
Chief James
Hadden is an
exceptional
and extraordi-nary
leader. He
has appeared
on the “Car-olina’s
Most
Wanted”
TV show
regard-ing
absconders, helped students
learn about court processes and
is a member of DOC’s Employee
Relations Committee.
Hadden has five commenda-tions
from Community Correc-tions.
He has supervised such
special caseloads as gangs, elec-tronic
monitoring, sex offenders
and domestic violence.
Hadden accepted an assign-ment
to supervise in a location
that required a 2-hour drive for
him each day. It also required
supervising twice as many of-ficers
as before. He improved
operations and kept pace, even
though an ankle injury required
surgery.
Hadden was also nominated
for a Governor’s Award for Ex-cellence.
A night of routine curfew
checks in Hillsborough became
anything but routine, perhaps
even heroic, for Probation
Officer Donald Harris.
Discovering a fire at an
apartment complex, he
called 911. He was told
that the fire had already been reported, but he
was asked to determine whether all residents had
Charles McDaniel
Probation/Parole Officer II
Fayetteville
Taking lunch to a friend
one day led to Officer
McDaniel saving
his friend’s life.
Noting the
friend’s behavior
and knowing that
his friend was depressed, Officer McDaniel
was uneasy about leaving him alone after
lunch. The friend insisted that he was OK, and
Officer McDaniel dropped him off at home.
But he checked on the friend again
after work, and found him passed out and
unresponsive. Officer McDaniel called 911
and tried to revive his friend, who had taken
more than 100 sleeping pills, a bottle of pain
medicine and had drunk two bottles of wine.
McDaniel accompanied his friend to the
hospital, because no family was nearby, and
he contacted the friend’s mother. Doctors said
the friend would have died if he had not been
found that night. The friend has recovered and
is doing well.
Mitzi Quinn
Probation/Parole Officer II
Cabarrus County
Consistently outstand-ing
performance en-sures
that Officer
Quinn’s work excels
beyond standard ex-pectations.
Dependable and
responsible, she supervises offenders in the
Criminal Justice Partnership Program and is a
Cognitive Behavior Intervention instructor.
Quinn ensured a smooth transition when
a new treatment provided had to be abruptly
replaced. Working with Victim’s Advocate
Office, she helped protect an offender under
her supervision from invasions of her privacy by
her estranged husband.
Quinn’s supervisor, Chief Officer Danny
Payne, said her work ethic, professionalism,
positive attitude and dedication make her a
model for her peers. “Mitzi Quinn is an asset
to the Department of Correction and very
deserving of Probation/Parole Officer of the
Year.”
Beverly Turner
Probation/Parole
Officer II
Bertie County
Compassion and
dedication drive
Officer Turner to
serve above and
beyond the call of
duty.
Assigned to the Bertie Day Reporting
Center, she has initiated and coordinat-ed
twice-weekly Narcotics Anonymous
meetings.
She also co-facilitates cognitive be-havioral
training. To make those happen,
Officer Turner works two split shifts
weekly.
Officer Turner has also paid special
attention to three teenage probationers,
who have had caretaker issues that ham-pered
their compliance with probation.
She has supervised them closely and has
worked diligently to find alternatives
that are conducive to their success. She
serves in the National Guard, too.
been evacuated. Officer Harris found an elderly
lady still inside her apartment, but her door was
jammed. He and a police officer found a window
unlocked and were able to pull the lady through
the window to safety.
Afterward, Officer Harris helped with crowd
and traffic control. He also assisted police and
fire officials investigating the fire by helping them
round up residents to interview about the fire’s
possible cause.
Donald Harris, Surveillance Officer, Orange County
Robert Whalley
Probation/Parole Officer II, Randolph County
Officer Robert Whalley demonstrated his dedication and commitment to Com-munity
Corrections early in his career when he completed a four-year college de-gree
while already working full-time as an intensive surveillance officer. The degree
allowed his promotion.
His exemplary performance made him the officer-of-choice to supervise
the Sex Offender Control Program in Randolph County. The extra responsibil-ity
required a large amount of special training, and Officer Whalley accepted
the duties, even though no salary increase came with the additional expectation.
In his compassion, he provided, at personal expense, needed clothing for a probationer. Being
a corrections instructor is also time-consuming, yet his supervision of those on his caseload re-mains
strong.
James Langston
Superintendent (retired), Wake CC
Dedicated to help-ing
ensure the
success of local
youths, Langston
is a driving
force in Wake
County and
beyond for
the Teen
Court program.
Langston, working with
courts, district attorneys and law
enforcement, helps divert non-vi-olent
first-time teenage lawbreak-ers
from a criminal record.
For the past seven years,
Langston has given 2,000 hours
volunteering in the program,
meeting with hundreds of teens
and their families, and explaining
participation and expectations.
Additionally, Langston created
Choices, which introduces the
teens to active inmates, who pro-vide
a first-hand perspective on
a life of crime and imprisonment.
At last year’s national Teen Court
summit, teenagers overwhelm-ingly
named Choices the most
significant presentation.
Glenn R. Weeks Chief Probation/Parole Officer
Swain and Jackson counties
Chief Weeks and his staff in Swain and Jackson counties have built a solid founda-tion
of trust and a professional fellowship with Cherokee Indian tribal officials. The
result has been an unprecedented level of cooperation, assistance and two-way
communications between state probation officers and Cherokee tribal police.
The relationship helps provide safety to both North Carolina and the tribal
communities by making it harder for offenders to evade supervision. Probation officers call upon
tribal police for leads on fugitives on tribal lands and to share data on outstanding warrants, new
convictions and other areas of mutual cooperation.
Chief Weeks has led the formation of these vital bonds both on the job and in the community.
Governor’s Award for Excellence Nominees
Mary Beth Carroll
Division of Prisons Administration
Working in the Divi-sion
of Prisons
director’s office,
Ms. Carroll has
distinguished
herself in
numerous
critical areas:
Reaching consortium agreements
with six community colleges for
instructors and training; stream-lining
the Inmate Holiday Package
Program; and writing the divi-sion’s
inmate visitation policy.
She was instrumental in the
Division’s success in obtaining
American Correctional Associa-tion
accreditation for 10 close-custody
prisons within a year.
The accreditation helps ensure
safe, secure and humane facilities.
Additionally, Ms. Carroll’s
achievments came while she
earned a college degree, graduat-ing
in the top of her class.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 3
Spotlight
Jennifer Heath, judicial district manager,
and Teresa Crisp, office assistant IV.
Above: Front row, Bryan Casad, probation/
parole officer III, and Charles Carter,
surveillance officer. Back row, Eyvonne
Taylor, probation/parole officer III, and Jose
Fernandez, surveillance officer. Left, Kendra
McClees, Heidi Weeks, Julie Harper, and
Kela Haynes, all probation/parole officer II’s.
Cynthia Sutton, chief probation/parole
officer; Laura Barwick, judicial
services coordinator; and
Gail Dail, office assistant III.
Anthony Flow, chief probation/parole
officer, and Rachel Bass, office
assistant III.
District 8 is comprised of Greene,
Lenoir and Wayne counties. All
three counties are largely rural,
with Wayne being the most urban.
Jennifer Heath is the district
manager. Cynthia Sutton is the
chief probation/parole officer in
Greene County. There are two
units in Lenoir County, and the
chief probation/parole officers are
Pat Dixon and Danny Hill. Wayne
County has four units, the chief
probation/parole officers are An-thony
Flow, Jansen Lee, Velvet
Smith and Heather Bevell.
The district has a total of 78
employees and supervises approxi-mately
3,400 offenders.
The District is in the process
of transition to probation/parole
officer II’s and judicial services co-ordinators.
The PPO II’s will have
a totally blended caseload of of-fenders
when the transition is fully
implemented.
Each unit is zoned to meet the
challenges of offender supervision.
This allows officers to work a zone
and more effectively supervise of-fenders.
Lenoir and Wayne counties have
very successful Day Reporting Cen-ters
that are structured to meet of-fender
needs at one location. They
provide substance abuse treatment,
GED, CBI, anger management and
life skills training.
District 8 employees participate
in the NC Special Olympics Torch
Run, and Wayne County Com-munity
Corrections is recognized
on the back of the Torch Run t-
Shirt for monies raised for Special
Olympics.
Staff also participate in the
Criminal Justice Partnership
Boards, Wayne County Jail Study
Commission, Wayne County Of-fice
of Emergency Services Safety
Committee, State Employees
Combined Campaign and local ab-sconder
roundups.
District 8 also received the Pa-triot
Award for its support of lo-cal
military in Operation Enduring
Freedom.
District 8 staff works hard to
meet the needs of offenders and
provide quality supervision to
make our citizens safe.
Community Corrections District 8
Left, Pat Dixon, chief
probation/parole officer,
and Dorothy Wilkes, office
assistant III.
Right, Jesse Thompson,
probation/parole officer II;
J.P. Foster, surveillance
officer; Bobby Lambert,
probation/parole officer II;
and Meredith Golembieski,
probation/parole officer II.
Above: Rohn Daughtry and Merrian Sanders, judicial
services coordinators; Yolanda Dunn, probation/parole
officer II; and Joey Dixon, surveillance officer.
Above, Vickie Wallace and Jeannette Horn, probation/
parole officer II’s; Mike Chase, probation/parole officer
III; and Greg Batts, probation/parole officer II.
Becky Hines, office assistant III; Danny Hill,
chief probation/parole officer; and Patricia
Battle, judicial services coordinator.
Left, Antonia Howard, Steve Taylor and Melissa Wright, all
probation/parole officer II’s; and Ronnie Bryant, surveillance officer.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 4
Front row, Latashia Williams, probation/parole
officer II, and Tracy Mitchell, judicial services coordi-nator.
Middle row, Velvet Smith, chief probation/parole
officer, and Pat Stanley, judicial services coordinator.
Back row, Charles Raiford, probation/parole officer II;
Ray Grass, surveillance officer; and Ray Price,
probation/parole officer II.
Left, Greg
Kearney, proba-tion/
parole officer
III; Mike Miller,
probation/parole
officer II; John
Murray,proba-tion/
parole
officer III; and
Dennis Stocks,
probation/parole
officer II.
Catherine Pittman, office assistant IV,
and Heather Bevell, chief probation/
parole officer.
Upper left, Vickie Oman
and Minnie Sutherland,
probation/parole officer
II’s. Upper right, Betty
Lee, office assistant III,
and Jansen Lee, chief
probation/parole officer.
Left, Janice Wooten, office
assistant III; and Charles
Williams and Shannah
Howell, and Charles
Raiford, all probation/parole
officer II’s. Below, Angela
Gurley, Lee Davis and Pam
Grady, judicial services
coordinators.
Lisa Horton-Cox, probation/parole officer II;
Needham Wiley, probation/parole officer III; and
Traci Sutton, probation/parole officer II.
Travis Lewis, probation/parole officer II; Lisa Vail,
judicial services coordinator; and Joseph Hackett,
probation/parole officer II.
under its supervi-sion.
Its staff of 70
employees includes
approximately 50
probation and pa-role
officers.
Formerly a chief
probation/parole of-ficer
in the dis-trict,
Phillips suc-ceeds
the retired
Wayne Marshburn.
The Fayetteville native has been
in Community Corrections since
1986, beginning as a court intake
officer. She has a bachelor of arts
degree from UNC-Wilmington.
Phillips recently married Keith
Phillips, and she has a son, Hunter
Stuts, age 17. She loves to travel
and to spend time with her family,
friends and dogs.
KERNERSVILLE | Rose Cox is the
new assistant administrator for Com-munity
Corrections’ Division 3,
headquartered in Kernersville.
She succeeds the retired Betty Bauer.
As Division 3 assistant administra-tor,
Cox is responsible for the proba-tion,
parole and post-release super-vision
operations of more than
32,500 offenders and 655 staff
members in a 22-county region.
Cox has advanced through the
Department of Correction, begin-ning
as an office assistant III at
Piedmont Correctional Institution
in 1983. She moved in Community
Corrections as probation/parole of-
RALEIGH | Felicia McLean has been named Community
Correction’s new assistant director for Special Operations.
She is responsible for Victim Services, Criminal Justice
Program Planning, substance abuse programs, security and
support services, training, GPS monitoring, sex offender
management, criminal information management and the
24-hour technology center.
McLean was previously chief of DCC security services.
She began her career in October 1989 as a probation/pa-role
officer in Wake County, rising through ranks to be-come
Field Services manager before named chief of secu-rity
services.
A graduate of the department’s Correctional Leadership Development
Program, McLean also completed the state’s Certified Public Manager Pro-gram.
She is president-elect and program chair for the N.C. Society of Cer-tified
Public Managers.
McLean earn a bachelor of science degree in psychology from UNC-Pembroke.
She enjoys family time, travelling, scrapbooking and watching
television.
FAYETTEVILLE | Sharon Phillips is
the new manager for Community
Corrections operations in Cumber-land
County.
Comprised of Cumberland
County, District 12 has approxi-mately
3,575 probation, parole
and community service offenders
New assistant director at DCC
Felicia McLean
Rose Cox rises in DCC Division 3
DCC District 12 has new manager
Sharon Phillips
Rose Cox
SMITHFIELD |
Community Cor-rections’
Division
2 has a new assis-tant
adminitrator
-- Kevin Wallace,
who was previ-ously
manager of
District 4.
Division 2 covers eight districts
in 21 central southeastern North
Carolina counites, with its head-quarters
in Smithfield. As assistant
administrator, Wallace is respon-sible
for the probation, parole and
post-release supervision operations
of more than 31,000 offenders and
680 staff members in the region.
Wallace succeeds Diane Isaacs,
who was promoted to deputy di-rector
of Community Corrections.
He began his career as a pro-bation
officer, rising through the
ranks as an intensive officer, train-er,
training coordinator, executive
officer and chief of field services
before being named District 4 man-ager.
The district covers Sampson,
Duplin and Jones counties.
Wallace is a certified instruc-tor,
and has an advanced instructor
certificate. He is also in the current
class of the department���s Correc-tional
Leadership Development Pro-gram.
A graduate of UNC-Wilmington,
Wallace has a bachelor’s degree in
sociology/criminal justice.
He and his wife, Deb, have a
daughter, Devin. Wallace enjoys
watching his daughter play softball,
playing golf and hunting white tail
deer.
Wallace is active in his church
and is a member of the Criminal
Justice Education and Training
Standards Commission.
Kevin Wallace
named assistant
administrator
ficer in 1989. She
was a DCC district
manager prior to
a consolidation in
November 2009,
wh e n s h e wa s
named an assistant
district manager.
Cox is a 1983
graduate of Cataw-ba
College, with
a bachelor of science
degree in social work.
The Ramseur native is active in
her church and enjoys golf, hiking
the Colorado Rocky Mountains and
watching college basketball.
Kevin Wallace
DCC names new manager for District 23
JEFFERSON | Nancy Gilchrist is the new manager of Com-munity
Corrections’ District 23.
Comprised of Ashe, Alleghany, Yadkin and Wilkes
counties, the district includes a staff of 45 and 2,121 of-fenders.
Succeding the retired Bill Neal, Gilchrist had been a
chief probation/parole officer since 1996. She began her
corrections career in 1979 as a parole officer, and rose to
intensive officer in 1994.
Gilchrist is a 1979 graduate of UNC-Charlotte, where
she earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. Nancy Gilchrist
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 5
Hardee in charge at Hyde CI
LUMBERTON | Roberson Correctional
Center has a new superintendent --
Frederick B. Hubbard -- succeding the
retired Gentry Jacobs.
Robeson Correctional is a minimum
custody prison, housing approximately
275 inmates. It employs a staff of 85
security and administrative personnel.
Previously assistant superintendent / custody and
operations at the now-closed McCain Correctional Hos-pital,
Hubbard has worked in the Division of Prisons for
27 years. He began as a correctional officer at Southern
CI in 1983 and advance through the ranks, being as-signed
to McCain CH in 2009.
Hubbard has an applied science degree from Mount
Olive College, where he is earning a bachelor of science
in criminal justice/criminology. He earned certificates in
Wardens Training and Senior Supervisory Training.
Hubbard and his wife, Nona -- who works in Com-munity
Corrections -- have two adult children, Jonathan
and Angel -- and two granddaughters, Nylaa and Jyill.
He is active in his church and enjoys working out at the
local fitness center and spending time with his family and
rooting for N.C. State University athletic teams.
Interim director earns
position in Internal Audit
RALEIGH | Timothy Harrell is the
department’s new internal audit director.
He had been acting director since the
retirement of Vickie Haddock.
The internal audit director is respon-sible
for the overall planning, manage-ment,
direction and coordination of
audits for DOC. Harrell oversees the
supervision of compliance, investigative, performance,
financial and information system audits. Internal Audit
has three administrative employees and six audit teams
(17 auditors) in four regions. The section also assists
DOC senior management promote accountability and
ensure compliance with established standards, policies,
procedures and best practices.
Harrell began working for DOC in 1993 as a Division
of Prisons Administration accounting clerk IV. He was
promoted into Internal Audit in 2004, where he was
named a special assistant in 2007, prior to being named
acting audit director in 2008.
The Elizabeth City State University graduate has a
bachelor’s degree in accounting. He also completed the
Correctional Leadership Development Program.
Harrell and his wife, Kimberly, have a daughter,
Taylor. The Robeson County native enjoys family time,
sports, exercizing, reading and coaching boys basketball.
Joe Prater, a veteran administrative
manager, has been named to head the
Division of Prisons’ budget, fiscal and
personnel operations.
With the appointment, Prater is
DOP’s assistant director in charge of
the Administrative Services Section. He
had been acting assistant director since
December 2008.
Prater began his career in the Department of Cor-rection
as a correctional planner in 1997. He was chief
of administrative services in the Division of Community
Corrections and DOP systems accountant before being
named acting assistant director in DOP Administrative
Services.
Prior to working in corrections, Prater had 14 years
in local government management and two years as a
chief financial officer for a private, non-profit organiza-tion.
He has a bachelor of arts degree and a masters de-gree
in public administration from N.C. State University
(NCSU). Prater and wife, Cheryle, have two children:
Brittany, a 2009 NCSU graduate; and Joey, a second
year NCSU student.
Prater, who resides in Garner, is active in his church,
and enjoys sports, running and relaxing at the coast.
CHARLOTTE -- Kenneth Lassiter, a 21-
year veteran in the Division of Prisons,
has been named the Charlotte Correc-tional
Center superintendent.
The prison is a minimum custody
facility that houses approximately 250
adult male inmates, and employs 65
correctional officers and administrative
staff members.
Lassiter succeeds Richard Neely, who
was named administrator at Lanesboro Correctional In-stitution.
Prior to his new position, Lassiter was assistant su-perintendent/
custody and operations at Pasquotank
Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City. He began his
career as a correctional officer in 1989 at Odom Correc-tional
Institution in Northampton County.
NEWTON | Tim Kerley is the new su-perintendent
at Catawba Correctional
Center.
The prison houses 230 minimum
custody inmates and employs approxi-mately
55 officers and administrative
staff members.
Kerley was previously Catawba Cor-rectional’s
assistant superintendent. He
had advanced through the ranks in the
Division of Prisons, beginning as a correctional officer in
1985 at Iredell Correctional Center.
The new superintendent was a 2002 Correctional Of-ficer
of the Year. He served 12 years on the South Pied-mont
Area Prison Emergency Response Team.
Kerley and his family reside in Statesville.
Tim Harrell Joe Prater
Joe Prater officially
takes DOP fiscal reins
Lassiter leading Charlotte CC
Catawba CC has new leader
RALEIGH | Michael Tart has been named
manager of Combined Records, a sec-tion
of Management Information
Systems that maintains the centralized
repository of inmate records for the
Department of Correction.
He replaces Judy Sills, who retired.
Tart, a native of Johnston County, has served as a
purchasing agent for the past two years. He previously
served for 20 years in materials management for Nortel
Networks in Research Triangle Park.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial manage-ment
from North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky
Mount and a master’s in organizational management
from Pfeiffer University in Charlotte.
He also serves as senior pastor at Smithfield Advent
Christian Church. He and his wife, Teresa, have twin
16-year-old sons. In his spare time, he enjoys attending
his sons’ soccer games at Clayton High School, fishing
and hunting.
Combined Records
manager selected
Michael Tart
Tim Kerley
Kenneth Lassiter
January 2010 promotions
Malvert Walker, Correction
Enterprises manager II,
Pender Sewing Plant
February 2010 promotions
Tammie Adcock, nurse
director, DOP Health
Services
Charles Anderson,
maintenance mechanic IV,
Warren CI
Herbert Bell, food service officer, Tabor CI
Edith Bowe, nurse supervisor, Caswell CC
Kenneth Brayboy, food service manager I, Scotland CI
James Brewer, sergeant, Wilkes CC
Louis Buck, food service officer, Tabor CI
Curtis Fisher, sergeant, Piedmont CI
Donald Buterbaugh, programs supervisor, Western YI
Christopher Caughill, office assistant IV, DOP Program Services
Ronald Coleman, maintenance mechanic V, Sampson Laundry
Pamela Freeman Caviness, nurse supervisor, NC CIW
Levi Dillahunt, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26A
Robin Dunbar, accounting clerk V, Tyrrell CI
Mary Dunn, sergeant, Franklin CC
Odessa Gatewood, assistant DCC district manager II,
DCC District 10
Bobby Herring, food service manager I, ACDP DWI Food Services
Cecil Herring, inmate disciplinary hearing officer,
DOP Administration
on
MovingUp
SWAN QUARTER | Michael A. Hardee
is the new superintendent at Hyde Cor-rectional
Institution, succeeding Robert
Jones, who transferred to Pasquotank CI.
Hardee manages a prison that houses
approximately 735 inmates in both medi-um
and minimum custody facilities. Hyde
CI has approximately 235 staff members
in security and administrative positions.
Hardee had been superintendent of
Carteret Correctional Center since September 2008.
Beginning his career in 1988 as a correctional officer at
the now-closed Martin Correctional Center, Hardee rose
through the ranks, to assistant superintendent at Duplin
CI 2002-2003 and at Pamlico CI 2003-2008.
A 1988 graduate of East Carolina University, Hardee
has a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. He is
also a graduate of the department’s Correctional Leader-ship
Development Program, and has an Advanced Cor-rections
Certificate.
Married with two children, Hardee enjoys family and
outdoors activities, especially East Carolina University
football and basketball.
Hubbard at helm at Robeson CC
Michael Hardee
Frederick Hubbard
RAEFORD | Sorrell Saunders has been named
operations manager for the Division of Prisons’
South Central Region.
As operations manager, Saunders directly super-vises
Bladen, New Hanover and Robeson correc-tional
centers, and helps the regional director man-age
and supervise 12 prisons in 10 counties. Saun-ders
also supervises the region’s canine handlers,
conducts internal investigations and coordinates
drug interdictions in South Central Region prisons.
Prior to being named operations manager, Saunders had
been superintendent of the now-closed McCain Correctional
Hospital since 2008. Saunders spent the first 16 years in
corrections at Southern Correctional Institution in Troy,
where he began as a program assistant and advanced through
the ranks to captain in 1998. In 2000, he was named assis-tant
superintendent at Sanford Correctional Center.
A graduate of N.C. Central University, Saunders has a
bachelor’s degree in public administration. He has also com-pleted
the state’s Certified Public Manager program and the
National Institute of Corrections’ leadership development
program.
Saunders and his wife, Selina, have a son, Sorrell II. He is
active in his church.
New manager for S. Central Region
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is a newsletter for and about employees in the N.C. Department of Correction. If you have suggestions or comments,
please contact George Dudley, editor, at 919.716.3713, or at dgh02@doc.state.nc.us.
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Sorrell Saunders
Mary Hamilton, correctional officer, Alexander CI, 6y
Teresa Harris, housekeeper, DOP Health Services, 30y1m
Della Jones Murphy, licensed practical nurse, Scotland CI, 6y1m
Harry Lindley, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 14, 25y
Gary Maney, judicial services coordinator, DCC District 28,
24y5m
Keith McRoberts, electrician II, Albemarle CI, 5y
Danna Metz, nurse director, Central Prison, 18y7m
Kenneth Phillips, extension education & training specialist III,
DOP Educational Services, 5y3m
Ashley Price, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 19y5m
Timothy Raynor, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 27y1m
Willie Rhodes, correctional officer, Duplin CI, 12y8m
Fred Smith, technology support technician, Foothills CI, 8y11m
Charlie Taylor, correctional officer, Cararrus CC, 28y
Ricky Wall, correctional officer, Central Prison, 25y6m
Jerry Wester, probation/parole intensive case officer,
DCC Distdrict 9, 22y
Noah Wiseman, correctional officer, Charlotte CC, 28y1m
George White, correctional officer, Neuse CI, 8y6m
Stanley Yuan, physician - A-III, DOP Health Services, 10y2m
March 2010 retirements
Larry Allen, lieutenant, Avery-Mitchell CI, 19y6m
James Ball, maintenance mechanic IV, Avery-Mitchell CI, 28y2m
Jackie Bass, maintenance mechanic IV, Harnett CI, 12y11m
Robert Baxter, correctional officer, Scotland CI, 6y11m
Stanley Beam, facility maintenance supervisor II,
DOP Western Region Maintenance, 5y1m
Harvey Bone, correctional officer, Carteret CC, 7y
Howard Boudreau, food service officer, DOP Food Services,
22y7m
Rebecca Broadway, correctional officer, Piedmont CI, 11y11m
Howard Clark, case manager, Fountain CCW, 12y
Delbert Cline, facility maintenance supervisor IV,
DOP Western Region Maintenance 4, 5y
Jerry Cosby, correctional officer, Marion CI, 11y1m
Jackson Cox, programs director I, Caldwell CC, 25y6m
William Ellis, programs director, Rowan CC, 28y
Brenda Farley, nurse consultant, Central Prison, 12y6m
Reginald Goffington, correctional officer, Odom CI, 30y
Linda Haynes, Correction Enterprise supervisor II,
Marion Sewing Plant, 9y5m
Lynn Henry, assistant superintendent - custody / operations III,
Warren CI, 30y
Mary Hoskins, sergeant, Albemarle CI, 23y4m
Earnest Howard, correctional officer, Odom CI, 15y10m
Katie Johnson, correctional officer, Albemarle CI, 8y10m
Billy Joyner, maintenance mechanic V, ACDP Maintenance,
29y9m
Johnny King, food service manager III, Neuse CI, 21y5m
Kyu Lee, physician-A III, Hoke CI, 26y
Larry Peavy, lieutenant, Hoke CI, 21y7m
James Pierce, administrator II, DOP Piedmont Region, 34y
Dennis Robinson, surveillance officer, DCC District 19A, 23y5m
Clyde Scott, food service officer, Greene CI, 16y5m
Blaine Shelton, correctional officer, Haywood CC, 10y5m
Horace Shirley, correctional officer, Greene CI, 16y6m
Hilda Spivey, training coordinator II, OSDT, 22y9m
Raymond Sutton, sergeant, Haywood CC, 21y6m
Jerry Sweatt, correctional officer, Piedmont CI, 21y6m
Delores Swing, processing assistant IV, DCC District 18A, 34y
Marilyn Taylor, correctional officer, New Hanover CC, 18y1m
Glen Wall, maintenance mechanic IV,
Warren Janitorial Products Plant, 20y6m
Everett Williams, correctional officer, Western YI, 19y1m
Malcom Williams, lieutenant, Warren CI, 31y1m
Joanna Worley, nurse supervisor, Craggy CI, 21y
February 2010 promotions, continued January 2010 retirements
Colvin Debrew, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 30y1m
Gloria Lockhart, case analyst, NC CIW, 23y2m
Judy Sills, internal systems consultant II,
Combined Records, 37y1m
February 2010 retirements
Patricia Adcock, personnel technician I, Human
Resources, 30y
Betty Bauer, division assistant administrator, DCC Division 3,
30y3m
Vollie Bieler, correctional officer, Craggy CI, 6y9m
Joseph Braxton, sergeant, Eastern CI, 27y1m
Carraway Raye, probation/parole Officer I, DCC District 2, 26y
Joseph Carswell, sergeant, Foothills CI, 13y5m
Albert Clark, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 20y1m
Eugene Clary, correctional officer, Warrenton CI, 28y3m
Linda Clontz, judicial services coordinator, DCC District 28,
25y5m
Joseph Copple, correctional officer, Albemarle CI, 5y10m
Barbara Davis, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 10,
28y3m
Jimmy Evans, captain, Tabor CI, 28y5m
William Fredell, correctional officer, Foothills CI, 5y
Reid Garrison, HVAC mechanic, Scotland CI, 19y6m
Blass Gatling, correctional officer, Odom CI, 30y5m
Erin Hickey, diagnostic services specialist,
DOP Diagnostic Services
Donald Hite, facility maintenance supervisor IV, Warren CI
Tyra Jackson, food service officer, Caledonia CI
Donald Jones, DCC assistant district manager II, DCC District 10
Kelly Jones, personnel technician I, Personnel
Mary Jones, programs director I, Scotland CI
Joyce Kerns, rehabilitation therapy coordinator,
DOP Psychological Services
James Kittrell, food service officer, Dan River PWF
Alvin Laws, institution classifications coordinator, Eastern CI
Michael Leonard, probation/parole surveillance officer,
DCC District 22
Judith Leyrer, pharmacy director, DOP Pharmacy
David Livengood, Correction Enterprises manager IV,
Reupholstery Plant
Hampton Martin, facilitymaintenance supervisor IV, Morrison CI
Alex McClellon, sergeant, Tabor CI
Kenneth Mendoza, sergeant, Cabarrus CC
Bobby Moore, HVAC mechanic, Piedmont Region Maintenance
Nagako Mori, clinical chaplain II, NC CIW
David Myers, maintenance mechanic V,
Correction Enterprises Farms
Deanna Nelson, pharmacist, DOP Pharmacy
Curtis Overcash, facilitymaintenance supervisor IV, Piedmont CI
Michael Owens, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Hartley Oxendine, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 16
Lawrence Parsons, assistant superintendent -
custody & operations III, Lanesboro CI
Ricky Peele, sergeant, Western YI
Jerome Reeves, accounting clerk IV, Raleigh CCW
Larry Shields, sergeant, Western YI
Therman Simmons, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Robert Stockwell, purchasing officer III, Purchasing
Gloria Sutton, programs supervisor, Duplin CI
Carissa Smith, professional nurse, Caledonia CI
Lucy Smith, sergeant, Tillery CI
Velvet Smith, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 7B
Keith Stanley, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 13
Theresa Starling, administrative secretary III,
DCC Administration
Tawana Tilghman, sergeant, Pamlico CI
Christopher Tucker, food service officer, Albemarle CI
James Watts, food service manager I, Western YI
Matthew Wells, facility maintenance supervisor II, Engineering
Leslie Wilson, food service manager I, Durham CC
Johnny Woodring, programs supervisor, Avery-Mitchell CI
Joyce Wrenn, processing assistant IV,
Correction Enterprises Cannery
March 2010 promotions
Teresa Adkins, Correction Enterprises supervisor II,
Marion Sewing Plant
Robert Arney, food service officer, Alexander CI
Nancy Ausley, shipping/receiving supervisor I,
Apex Warehouse
Patti Avery, administrative officer II, DCC Administration
ChristopherBeasley, lieutenant, Nash CI
John Beasley, sergeant, Maury CI
Ricky Bell, assistant unit manager, Central Prison
Heather Bevell, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 8
Rosemary Biancardi, case manager, Tabor CI
Joseph Billings, sergeant, Alexander CI
George Blackmon, captain, Harnett CI
John Brewer, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29
Daniel Brown, sergeant, Alexander CI
Tyrone Brown, training coordinator II, OSDT
Jamie Bullard, assistant unit manager, Tabor CI
Robert Bullis, sergeant, Mountain View CI
Michael Burnette, training coordinator I, OSDT
Anna Cable, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29
Michael Cahoon, sergeant, Tyrrell PWF
Lawrence Callair, sergeant, Durham CC
Christopher Castelloe, training specialist II, Piedmont CI
Terry Cheek, electronics technician III,
DOP Western Region Maintenance
Norman Cherry, training instructor II, OSDT
Russel Chester, lieutenant, Alexander CI
Christopher Cockerham, sergeant, Alexander CI
Lashiaka Coleman, programs supervisor, Dan River PWF
Cory Collins, sergeant, Tabor CI
John Covington, sergeant, Polk CI
Ronald Covington, captain, Lanesboro CI
Brandon Cribb, sergeant, Tabor CI
Dawn Crocker, administrative assistant II, DCC Division 2
Jada Daniels, assistant superintendent - programs II,
Avery-Mitchell CI
Jeffery Daniels, captain, Avery-Mitchell CI
Michael Daniels, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Joseph Dematty, lieutenant, Craven CI
James Dixon, lieutenant, Warren CI
Rhonda Drumgo, sergeant, Warren CI
Earl Dunston, extension education & training specialist III,
DOP Education Services
Brian Eason, sergeant, Pasquotank CI
James Ellison, sergeant, Polk CI
Michael Filighera, unit manager, Tabor CI
Dalva Fleming, programs supervisor, Eastern CI
Teresa Freeman, processing assistant IV, DCC District 18
Rebecca Fulcher, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 3
Odessa Gatewood, assistant DCC district manager II,
DCC District 10
Paula Grady, case analyst, Craven CI
Michael Grasty, lieutenant, Craggy CI
Wendy Gardy, lieutenant, Nash CI
Larry Gobbs, training instructor II, OSDT
Carolyn Golmes, nurse supervisor, Eastern CI
Denise Gooker, personnel assistant V, Human Resources
Regina Van Gorder, office assistant IV, DCC District 4
Anthony Gumphrey, lieutenant, New Hanover CC
Cecil Herring, inmate disciplinary hearing officer,
Prison Management
Neil Jarrett, judicial unit supervisor, DCC District 28
Michael Jenkins, lead officer, Caldwell CC
Melton Johnson, captain, Caledonia CI
Stephen Johnson, maintenance mechanic V, Caledonia CI
Donald Jones, DCC assistant district manager II,
DCC District 10
Samuel Jones, sergeant, Maury CI
Fonda Jones-Ellison, food service officer, Scotland CI
Alonzo Joyner, food service officer, Warren CI
Elaine Joyner, food service manager I, Raleigh CCW
Patricia Kelley, sergeant, Maury CI
Brian Kirby, sergeant, Eastern CI
Sylvester Kitchen, sergeant, NC CIW
Carla Knox, sergeant, NC CIW
Jonathan Lanehart, sergeant, Tabor CI
Tammy Lee, training specialist II, Pasquotank CI
Timothy Lemarier, HVAC mechanic, Central Prison
Gregory Lewis, lead worker IV, Combined Records
Sarah Lindquist, professional nurse, Foothills CI
James Lomax, staff development specialist II,
DOP Piedment Region Office
Cindy Lowery, processing assistant IV, NC CIW
Tammy McGee, food service officer, Fountain CCW
Latasha McLean, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 11
Michael Meadows, food service officer, Pasquotank CI
Joseph Miller, sergeant, Alexander CI
Anthony Mincey, sergeant, Nash CI
Daryl Mitchell, sergeant, Caledonia CI
Valerie Mitchell, processing assistant IV, Purchasing
Wesley Morris, food service officer, Nash CI
Diane Murray, diagnostic center director, NC CIW
Willie Murray, sergeant, Duplin CI
Glenn Oakes, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 23
Phillip Padgett, sergeant, Foothills CI
Cheryl Perkins, information processing technician,
DCC Security
Michael Piercy, sergeant, Foothills CI
Deshaunn Pollock, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 18
Johnny Presnell, facility maintenance supervisor IV,
Marion CI
Christopher Prichett, sergeant, Catawba CC
David Queen, sergeant, Mountain View CI
Gwendolyn Ramsey, food service officer, Polk CI
Chandra Ransom, unit manager, Scotland CI
Elton Rogers, lieutenant, Franklin CC
Isaac Rogers, programs supervisor, Caswell CC
Donald Rose, lieutenant, Western YI
Ronald Roush, captain, Lumberton CI
Richard Ruiz, parole case analyst, Parole Commission
Marlin Salazar, Correction Enterprise supervisor III,
Apex Warehouse
Nathan Shoemake, sergeant, Alexander CI
Connie Smith, office assistant v, ACDP Black Mountain
Dennis Smith, HVAC mechanic, Marion CI
Hugh Smith, food service officer, Polk CI
Kristie Stanback, assistant superintendent -
custody / operations III, Scotland CI
Ella Stanley, substance abuse counselor, ACDP DART Cherry
Lindsay Stover, administrative secretary III, Central Prison
Jesse Swartz, training instructor II, OSDT
Tobias Turley, sergeant, Pasquotank CI
Joseph Valliere, captain, Piedmont CI
Donna Walker, accounting technician, Caswell CI
James Watson, programs director I, Durham CI
Carolyn White, sergeant, Craven CI
Mary White, programs supervisor, Dan River PWF
Kelli Whitley, psychological services coordator, Maury CI
Derek Williams, correctional programs director I, Rowan CI
Kimberly Williams, DCC assistant district manager I,
DCC District 7
Lavar Williams, food service officer, Nash CI
Kelvin Windley, sergeant, Craven CI
Jonathan Zimmerman, HVAC mechanic, Western Region
Maintenance
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 7
LOUISBURG | A Nash Correctional
Institution officer and his brother
were haled as heroes after they
stopped a threatening, armed man
from entering a church near Louis-burg.
Michael White and his brother
Steven were at the church, help-ing
feed needy resident, when their
cousin, James White, was asked to
leave the after he began acting inap-propriately.
An estimated 30 people
were in the church when James
White returned with a rifle a short
time later.
James White uttered a threat,
and Michael saw him start to raise
the rifle into firing position. Michael
grabbed the rifle barrell and started
to wrestle with James.
“I didn’t think. (There was) not
much time to think,” he told the
Franklin Times of Louisburg. “I knew
that, once he got the gun into a full
crest, he would be in total control.”
Steven White joined the fray. The
weapon fired once, but no one was
hit. Law enforcement officers said
the rifle had 12 rounds of ammuni-tion.
Brothers Michael and Steven were
able to wrest the rifle from James’
hands.
Church members said Michael
and Steven were heroic.
James White was charged and
taken to Central Prison as a safe-keeper.
Michael White said he hopes
his cousin will get the help he needs.
Division of Prisons canine officers gathered in March to attend a training session near Raleigh. New dogs have been purchased by
DOP to begin replacing aging dogs first purchased in 2001. The replacement process will be a gradual transition to retire most of
the division’s 16 narcotic detection dogs. Shown left to right are: Tommy Callahan and Silvie, Pat Baggett and Jedi, Jason Holliday
and Molly, Gene Tunstall and Ice, Waddell Dockery and Cobra, Steve Biggerstaff and Tosca, Dale Robertson and Leika, Michael
Jones and Dolf, and Kirk Penley and Draco. Not pictured are Ricky Allen and Max and Randy Garrett and Lady. The division
developed the Canine Drug Interdiction Program to help address the problem of drugs in prisons. The canine teams have been used
to conduct staff and visitor interdictions as well as facility searches. These interdictions can take place at anytime and are designed
to deter and prevent illegal drugs and contraband from entering into our prisons.
RALEIGH | The Division of Prisons has hon-ored
the late Gary Sprinkle of Winston-Salem
as its top volunteer in the state for his 13 years
of service to inmates at Forsyth Correctional
Center.
The honor was presented in April during a
ceremony, where the division cited Sprinkle and
19 other volunteers from across the state for
their contributions.
Sprinkle, who died in February, led a Bible
study for inmates and coordinated their gradu-ation
ceremonies. He also coordinated the in-mates’
choir.
He sponsored the Community Volunteer
program, chaired the Community Resource
Council and ensured the provision of the
equipment needed for employee events and
picnics and for the inaugural ceremony of the
4 Gates Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
4 Union Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
4 Umstead Correctional Center, Nov. 1, 2009.
4 Cleveland Correctional Center, Dec. 1, 2009.
4 McCain Correctional Hospital, April 1, 2010.
Two other prisons merged into larger neighboring
prisons effective Dec. 1, 2009. Anson Correctional Cen-ter
became a minimum-security unit of Brown Creek Cor-rectional
Institution and Rowan Correctional Center simi-larly
became a part of Piedmont Correctional Institution.
Hoke, Odom and Lincoln correctional institutions con-verted
from medium to minimum-custody, resulting in
staff reductions. Additional inmates were housed at War-ren,
Nash, Pamlico and Craven correctional institutions,
resulting in additional staff at those facilities.
court officials. Perspectives and
recommendations from groups
directly and indirectly involved
in the criminal justice system -
- including judges, district attor-neys,
public defenders, law en-forcement
officials, advocates for
crime victims and survivors and
community treatment providers
--will also be solicited.
In 10 other states, the Coun-cil
of State Governments Justice
Center has partnered with Pew
and Bureau of Justice Assistance
to help policymakers analyze
data and develop legislative
packages that have generated
hundreds of millions of dollars in
savings that have then been re-invested
in strategies to increase
public safety and reduce recidi-vism.
Adam Gelb, director of Pew’s
Public Safety Performance Proj-ect
spoke highly of North Caro-lina
pioneer leadership in correc-tions.
“Fifteen years ago, North
Carolina put in place a model
system that increased prison
terms for violent and career
criminals and established a
partnership with counties to
supervise low-risk offenders in
the community,” he said. “Now
there is a strong commitment
from top state officials to build
on that national leadership.”
The Council of State Govern-ments
Justice Center is a na-tional
nonprofit organization that
serves policymakers at the local,
state and federal levels from all
branches of government. It pro-vides
practical, nonpartisan ad-vice
and consensus-driven strate-gies
-- informed by available evi-dence
-- to increase public safety
and strengthen communities.
To learn more about the justice
reinvestment strategy in North
Carolina and other states, visit
www.justicereinvestment.org.
The Pew Center on the States
is a division of The Pew Chari-table
Trusts that identifies and
advances effective solutions to
critical issues facing states. Pew
is a nonprofit organization that
applies a rigorous, analytical ap-proach
to improve public policy,
inform the public and stimulate
civic life. Visit www.pewcen-teronthestates.
org.
Sorrell Saunders, 2nd from left, superintendent at the time, helps Lt.
Charles Patterson supervise the loading of the last inmates to be trans-ferred
from the now-closed McCain Correctional Hospital. Staff such as
Lead Officer Ray Taylor, right, of Hoke Correctional Institution had to ensure
inmate records were complete and properly handled in the transfer.
Prisons closed, from first page
Division presents volunteer award
posthumously to Winston-Salem man
Accepting the award on behalf of Sprinkle’s family is Sarah
Cobb (2nd from right), Forsyth Correctional Center program
coordinator. Secretary Alvin Keller made the presentation.
Also on hand were, from left, Dan Lilly, assistant Division
of Prisons director for program services; Division of Prisons
Director Bob Lewis; David Boswell, Forsyth CC assistant
superintendent; and acting Piedmont Region Director Charles
Stevens.
New Leash on Life dog training program.
Sprinkle continued his volunteer service
through an illness until just before his death.
Drug detection dog training
Officer foils tragedy
Justice, from first page at church function
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 8
NASH COUNTY | Four officers
from the Tillery and Caledonia cor-rectional
facilities have been com-mended
for their actions upon wit-nessing
a one-car accident.
In early April, William Sayers of
Tillery and Tarry Rudd, Reginald
Clements and Hidlegarde Bobbitt
of Caledonia were returning to their
prisons when they witnessed the
accident on highway US 64 East in
Nash County.
They drove to the scene to assess
whether anyone needed assistance,
and found two injured passengers in
the car. Immediately, Sayers made a
911 call, Rudd began to direct traf-fic,
and Bobbit obtained the first aid
kit from the officers’ car.
Sayers and Clement assisted the
passengers, while Rudd and Bobbitt
tended traffic.
They remained at the scene until
emergency medical technicians and
law enforcement arrived. They also
provided law enforcement officers an
account of what they had seen when
the accident occurred.
A Nash County sheriff’s lieuten-ant
called the facilities’ superinten-dents
and commended the officers
for the actions.
The challenge of jumping into a
frigid lake in February would have a
chilling effect of most people. But it
wasn’t enough to deter more than
2 dozen people from plunging into
Lake Raleigh in the N.C. State Polar
Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics
North Carolina. Left, with participants
encouraged to wear a costume, two
plungers from the Division of Prisons
congratulate each other. From the
Security Office, they are Scott ‘Santa’
Peele, chief, and Wayne Talbert, as-sistant
chief. (The photo was taken by
Chuck Liddy of The News & Observer,
which granted permission for its use
in Correction News.)
Chilly dipping
Officers help vehicle wreck victims
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Diane Sturges, left, office assistant IV in
the Community Corrections District 7 office
in Wilson, was honored with the Michael
A. Davis Family Award for 4-H Volunteer
Excellence. Presenting the award is Dr.
Marshall Stewart, state 4-H leader. As the
recipient of the award, Sturges is North
Carolina’s nominee for the National 4-H
Salute to Excellence Outstanding Lifetime
Volunteer Award. A long-time Halifax
County volunteer, has been active on the county, district, state, regional and
national levels. Over the years, she has dedicated countless hours to helping
4-H’ers “make the best better” and recruiting and training volunteers.
She was previously inducted into the Achievement Hall in 4-H Leadership
and is an Emerald Master Volunteer ACE.
Employee deaths
January 2010
Edward Pounds, correctional officer, Neuse CI, 3y
Malikka Smith, correctional officer, Pasquotank CI, 5y6m
February 2010
Roger Byrd, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 15, 18y4m
March 2010
Tammy Owens, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 12,
1y2m
Kathy Zimmer, professional nurse, Craven CI, 3y5m
Upper photo left, Former
Washington Redskins coach and
NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs,
left, visited Wake Correctional
Center in March, taking his
his inspirational “Game Plan
for Life” message to inmates.
Gibbs‘ motivational and spiritual
talk to inmates was based on
his book titled “Game Plan for
Life.” Greeting him at the prison
was Superintendent James
Langston, right, now retired.
Lower photo, Langston listens at
a retirement reception, where he
was presented the state’s “Order
of the Long Leaf Pine” by DOP
Region Director George Currie,
right, in honor of Lancaster’s
service.
Recent ‘Peak’ graduating classes
Above, from left, back row, James Whitaker, food service manager, Warren Correctional Institution;
Tonshea Tillery, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 14; Cheryl Coldsmith, nursing supervisor
II, Warren CI; Areti Dimoulas, chief probation/parole officer, District 14; Nicola Blue, chief probation/
parole officer, DCC District 10; Katy Poole, assistant superintendent - operations, Morrison CI; Dawn
Dye, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 10; Jackie Beal, chief probation/parole officer, DCC
District 11; and India Winborne, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 5. Middle row, Starr
Taybron, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 10; Mike Rakouskas, chief probation/parole of-ficer,
DCC District 10; Chad Owens, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 7; Glenda Grady, chief
probation/parole officer, DCC District 4; Sharon Graham, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District
10. Front row, Sean Dillard, unit manager, Pasquotank CI; Daniel Everett, captain, Pamlico CI; Percy
Moore, chief probation/parole officer, District 16; and Robert Trask, assistant superintendent -
programs, Morrison CI.
Below, from left, Karey Treadway, chief probation/parole officer, District 29; Mark Matthews, chief
probation/parole officer, District 23; Pam Perry, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; Preston
Townsend, unit manager, Alexander CI; Joey Tillley, chief probation/parole officer, District 17; Steve
Stiles, chief probation/parole officer, District 30; Rhonda Walton, chief probation/parole officer, District
26; Darius Deese, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; and Brian Battle, chief probation/parole
officer, District 26. Front row, Danny Payne, chief probation/parole officer, District 19A; Sylvia Warren,
chief probation/parole officer, District 19A; Leona Owen, assistant superintendent - programs, Caswell
CC; Bridgette Johnson, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; Ernest Brown, unit manager, Alexan-der
CI; James Barker, chief probation/parole officer, District 28; Wheeler Buckingham, chief probation/
parole officer, District 20; Titus Johnson, chief probation/parole officer, District 24; and Paige Nance,
chief probation/parole officer, District 25.
APEX | OSDT, in keeping with its
motto of “Developing Tomorrow’s
Leaders Today,” recently graduate
36 employees from a new supervi-sory
training program called “A New
Generation of Supervisors: Enhanc-ing
Skills for Peak Performance.”
“Peak Performance” has been
designed to enhance communication
skills, improve problem-solving pro-ficiency
and provide supervisors with
a solid foundation for achieving peak
performance in dealing with people.
It is an adult-learning course that
requires workgroup dynamics, partic-ipant
interaction and individualized
reading/writing assignments. Class-room
involvement is committed to
open discussion and forums focusing
on instructor and participant knowl-edge,
experience and expertise.
All of the graduates were excited
to be given the tools needed to as-sist
them with supervising employ-ees.
Many stated that they learned
as much about themselves as they
did supervision skills.
OSDT has two classes scheduled
this summer, and participants must
meet these criteria:
4 DOC supervisors in pay grades
67-75.
4 Up to two years in current
position.
More than two years in current
status will require a special
request by manager and OSDT
approval.
OSDT also continues to offer a
first line supervision program, “Cor-rectional
Supervisory Training”
(CST). This program is also interac-tive,
requires participant interac-tion
and includes open discussion
forums. A CST class is scheduled in
May. The criteria for participation in
CST are:
4 DOC supervisors in pay grades
up to 66.
4 Up to two years in current
position.
More than two years in current
status will require a request by
manager and OSDT approval.
For more information, employees
should contact their work location
training coordinators or Monica
Shabo, OSDT Career Development
Section, smw02@doc.state.nc.us.
OSDT Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
Canadians look southward for answers
A Canadian group met with N.C. Department of Correction leaders recently
in a search for ideas of how to make an Ontario prison safer and more
effective. The Citizen Advisory Committee for Kingston Penitentiary gathered
in March with leaders from both Lumberton and Scotland correctional
institutions. Meeting at Lumberton CI, they sought ways to improve the
quality of the Canadian federal correctional process. Visitors Sharon and
Grant Mitchell, 5th and 6th from left, met with Scotland CI official, from left,
Beverly McEachin, programs supervisor; Gladys Casses, case manager;
and Daniel Barnes, programs supervisor; and Lumberton CI’s Tywana
Locklear, 4th from left, case manager, and Capt. Lecosus McRae, far right.
Inspirational leaders
Best 4-H volunteer
in North Carolina
The week of April 18–24 was dedicated as Crime Victims
Rights Week across the nation. Each year, the third week
in April is dedicated to this important cause to honor vic-tims
of crime and their families.
Carmen Mathieu is Victim Notification Program man-ager
in the Division of Community Corrections. The De-partment
of Correction’s Office of Victim Services and
the Victim Notification Program in DCC are members of
the Inter-Agency Council that organizes the Crime Vic-tims
Right Week Ceremony in Raleigh. Mathieu chairs the
Inter-Agency Council and was responsible for planning
this year’s event.
“In 1999, government victim service agencies and
non-profit victim services programs were joined together
by the NC Attorney General’s Office to form the Victim
Services Inter-Agency Council of North Carolina,” Ma-thieu
said. “We began to organize our efforts with one
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 9
Prison leaders’s
long service honored
Harold E. Webster, right,
assistant superintendent
for programs II, Johnston
Correctional Institution,
was presented the Richard
Caswell Award in April. The
award is for state employees
with 45 or more years of service. Webster has more than 48. He received
an engraved jug and a certificate signed by Gov. Bev Perdue. With Webster
is Kelton Hinton, associational missionary of the Johnston Baptist Associa-tion,
representing the Southern Baptist Churches in Johnston County. The
presentation was made at the 14th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation
Supper.
Observance honors crime victims, their families
goal, to best serve and educate the citizens of North Car-olina
on issues involving crime victims.”
This year’s theme is “Crime Victims’ Rights: Fairness.
Dignity. Respect.”
“While great strides have been made in victim rights,
we must continue to make progress,“ Mathieu said.
At Raleigh’s CVRW ceremony this year, keynote
speakers were Debbie Smith, a rape survivor, and her
husband Rob Smith. Ms. Smith’s advocacy for herself
and other sexual assault victims has led to improved in-vestigations
and services for victims of sexual assault. The
Debbie Smith Act was made part of the Justice for All Act
of 2004 and was passed into law in 2004. Ms. Smith
remains dedicated to her work and tirelessly travels across
the country to improve victim services.
Victims of crime were recognized by a video presenta-tion
followed by a flower ceremony. A reception honored
those attending.

See Prisons, page 8
RALEIGH | Gov. Bev Perdue, along with judi-ciary
and legislative leaders, have mounted a
bipartisan effort to develop a data-driven ap-proach
to public safety that will reduce spending
on corrections and reinvest the savings in ways
that prevent recidivism and hold offenders ac-countable
for their actions.
The state is partnering with the Council of
State Governments Justice Center, the Pew Cen-ter
on the States and the U.S. Department of
Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, to analyze
North Carolina’s criminal justice system using
a “justice reinvestment” approach. Working in
concert, state leaders secured the public-private
assistance and financial support.
“By using a data-driven approach, we will get
the information we need to ensure that every
taxpayer dollar spent on corrections and other
public safety measures has the greatest impact
on crime,” Gov. Perdue said. “It will also allow
us to reinvest savings to reduce recidivism, in
turn, reducing the additional prisons that may
be needed over the next ten years.”
Secretary Alvin Keller was among those join-ing
the announcement, made in the Capitol. He
spoke about the importance of the effort.
“Justice Reinvestment is not just a project for
us -- it is an investment that will take all of us to
achieve results,” Secretary Keller said. “Justice
Reinvestment is about smart and sound criminal
justice policy. It is about spending less building
prisons and doing more to help offenders in the
community lead successful lives.”
Between 2000 and 2008, the state’s pris-on
population increased by 25 percent from
Changing focus of justice:
Invest more in prevention
31,581 to 39,326 inmates. During that same
eight years, the Department of Correction bud-get
increased from $918 million to more than
$1.31 billion. The North Carolina Sentencing
and Policy Advisory Commission projects that
if existing policies remain unchanged, the prison
population will increase by another 25 percent
between 2009 and 2019 and the state will need
an additional 8,500 prison beds.
To guide the work of the project, the state
has established a Justice Reinvestment Work
Group composed of state agency heads, legisla-tive
leaders from both political parties and top
Gov. Bev Perdue, left, and Secretary Alvin Keller, listen as N.C.
Sen. Ellie Kinnaird speaks about legislative leadership support
for the justice reinvestment effort announced by the governor.
RALEIGH | Twenty-two Department of
Correction employees were honored on
March 25 for having demonstrated out-standing
job performance, heroism or
exceptional community service.
The workers were cited as employees
of the year at a ceremony in the Martin
Building on the N.C. State Fairgrounds
in Raleigh.
Among the 22 employees were 10
correctional officers, eight probation/
parole officers and six who were nomi-nated
by the department for the
Governor’s Award for Excellence.
Correctional Officers of the Year, shown in the upper photograph,
were, front, Sgt. Gary Wright, Caledonia Correctional
Institution; middle row, Sgt. Teresa Price, Fountain Correc-tional
Center for Women; Officer Pedro Jimenez, Western Youth
Institution; Sgt. Elizabeth Harrington, Orange Correctional
Center; and Officer Pamela Jezik, Mountain View CI.
Back row, Lead Officer Dwayne Jones, Lumberton CI; Officer
Donald Hunt, Lumberton CI; Lt. William Warner, Eastern CI;
Lt. Jeffrey Pope, Wayne CC; Sgt. Terry Wayne Peacock,
Piedmont CI; and Officer John Moore (retired), Nash CI.
Probation/Parole Officers of the Year, shown in the photo to
the right, were, front row, Joseph Hackett, probation/parole
officer II (PPOII), Wayne County (also a Governor’s Award
for Excellence nominee); Beverly Turner, (PPOII), Bertie
County; and Mitzi Quinn, (PPOII), Cabarrus County. Back row,
James Hadden, chief probation/parole officer, Richmond
County (also a Governor’s Award for Excellence nominee);
Donald Harris, surveillance officer, Orange County; Charles
McDaniel, (PPOII), Fayetteville; and Eddie Berry, (PPOII),
Catawba County.
Governors Awards of Excellence Nominees were Mary Beth
Carroll, Division of Prisons Administration, Raleigh;
James Langston (retired), superintendent, Wake Correc-tional
Center; Glenn R. Weeks, chief probation/
parole officer, Swain and Jackson counties; Robert
Whalley, PPO II, Randolph County.
Outstanding
employees
applauded
Correction News North Carolina Department of Correction / www.doc.state.nc.us / 919.716.3700
February-April 2010
RALEIGH | The April 1 clo-sure
of McCain Correctional
Hospital in Hoke County
marks the end of eight months
of work to close seven prisons
and convert several others as
ordered by the legislature in
the 2009-10 budget.
The seven prison closings
and changes at nine others
eliminated 516 positions for a
$22.3 million annual savings.
The department was able to
place 417 employees into
other vacant positions within
the agency and 73 employees
left the agency after receiv-ing
severance. Approximately
2,000 inmates transferred to
other prisons as part of the
process.
“This could not have been
completed as smoothly and
efficiently without the coor-dinated
and dedicated work
of hundreds of people at the
affected prisons, in human
resources and in prison admin-
Legislature-ordered prison closings completed
istration,” said Secretary Alvin
Keller. “We are grateful for
everyone’s efforts and profes-sionalism
during a complicated
and sometimes difficult pro-cess.”
The prisons that closed and
their closing dates are:
4 Wilmington Residential
Facility for Women,
Sept. 1, 2009.
4 Guilford Correctional
Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
See Justice, page 8
Elizabeth Harrington
Sergeant, Orange CC
Never hesitating to
tackle any assign-ment
or respon-sibility
given to
her, Officer
Harrington
clearly dem-onstrated
her
phenomenal
work ethic
and dedication when she was called to
take on additional responsibility during
the absence of a co-worker.
Promoted to sergeant in 2007, Of-ficer
Harrington was given administrative
duties, night shift relief and assisting the
trust fund/canteen officer. When the fis-cal
officer fell victim to a fatal illness, Sgt.
Harrington assumed full responsibility for
the trust fund and canteen for an extend-ed
time, in addition to her other duties.
At the same time, Harrington also
managed the establishment of a debit card
system for the inmates using the canteen.
Donald Hunt
Correctional Officer, Lumberton CI
In hospitals, “code” calls -- such as the familiar “code blue” -- usually
demand an immediate response. “Code gray” is a similar call, dealing
with a threat to hospital security.
Such was the case when Officer Hunt and Sgt. Wilson Jacobs
were escorting an inmate at Southeastern Regional Medical
Center.
A Lumberton police officer was having trouble with her
subject that resulted in the “code gray” call. Sgt. Jacobs directed Officer Hunt to respond.
Officer Gray seized the subject when he lunged at the police officer, and wrestled the
subject to floor.
His action allowed other police officers, who responded quickly, to secure the man and
restore security at the hospital. Officer Hunt then returned to his duty with the inmate.
2010 Correctional Officers of the Year
Dwayne Jones
Lead Officer, Lumberton CI
Officer Jones, driving
on Highway 41 while
returning to Lumber-ton
Correctional on a
June day, noticed an
elderly man lying on
his back in his front
yard. It was hot that
day, and Officer
Jones suspected the
man was in physi-cal
distress.
He stopped to check on the elderly
man, and determined that he had col-lapsed
from getting too hot. The elderly
man was unable to get up, so Officer
Jones picked him up and took into his
home. Officer Jones then told the man’s
wife what was happening, and offered any
other assistance she might need.
Sgt. Pam Odom nominated Officer
Jones for the award, saying, “Officer
Jones’ display of compassion and concern
played a critical role in the survival of the
elderly Lumberton resident.”
John Moore
Correctional Officer, Nash CI
Officer Moore wears an
immaculate uniform and
demeanor. Just as im-peccable
is his reputa-tion
as a respected team
player at Nash Correc-tional
Institution. Most
noteworthy are his
helpfulness, versatility
and effectiveness.
He has defused
volatile situations with
his communication skills. Officer Moore
has worked in the gatehouse, tower, master
control and food operations, receiving ac-colades
from all.
Due in part to his dedication to Nash
Correctional, Officer Moore postponed
some needed medical treatment, resulting
later in an extended absence. His impor-tance
to Nash’s operations and person-nel
was felt strongly while he was gone.
Superintendent Butch Jackson said “it was
obvious that Officer Moore made a positive
impact on the facility’s success.”
Jeffrey Pope
Lieutenant, Wayne CC
A war veteran, Lt.
Pope of Wayne
Correctional put his
own life on the line
to free a wreck vic-tim
from her car.
He saw two
cars collide as
he was driving
his daughter
home from
school. He
saw one
driver remove
himself from his vehicle, but the second
driver was still in the other car – which
was starting to burn.
The driver’s door would not open, so
Pope began extracting the woman through
a twisted window. The flames grew. An-other
bystander helped Lt. Pope get the
woman away from the car. It was fully
burning before they could reach the other
side of the road.
Superintendent Robert Hines said Lt.
Pope “acted in a very heroic and unselfish
manner.”
If there is a better way for him to do his
job or to help make Eastern a better cor-rectional
facility, Lt. Warner will find
it and do it. That’s why Capt. Donald
Kiewert said that Lt. Warner is “the
epitome of the ideal correctional of-ficer.”
He improved shift command
procedures, post orders and emer-gency
plans. He ensures all proce-dures
and post orders are cross-ref-
William Warner Lieutenant, Eastern CI
Pamela Jezik
Correctional Officer, Mountain View CI
Officer Jezik often assumes extra work assignments as part of her
dedication and her name is usually first in consideration for taking on
special projects.
As Mountain View Correctional Institution’s safety officer, she
maintains strict standards and was instrumental in bringing the fa-cility
up to standards for ACA safety accreditation. She also serves
on the prison Emergency Response Team.
She also has started a wellness committee to help staff maintain
a healthier lifestyle and she participates in fundraisers for Special Olympics including the
Polar Plunge and runs in the Avery, Mitchell and Yancey leg of the Torch Run. Officer Jezik
serves as a coach for runners who want to participate in triathlons and other high endurance
events.
Pedro Jimenez
Correctional Officer, Western YI
Officer Jimenez had
stopped at a Hickory
gasoline station in
September 2008
when he saw an ob-viously
intoxicated
suspect advance
toward a Hickory
police officer.
Without hesitation, Jimenez intercept-ed
the suspect, placing him in a bear hug
and preventing him from assaulting the
officer. Jimenez pinned the suspect to the
ground while the office handcuffed him.
After another brief scuffle, the suspect
was secured inside the police cruiser.
Jimenez’s courageous and quick re-sponse
prevented the incident from de-veloping
into a more dangerous situation
for the police officer and others present
at the scene. In July 2009, Officer Ji-menez
left his CO position and took on a
new job admitting inmates in the diagnos-tic
center at Western.
Terry Peacock
Sergeant, Piedmont CI
On September 14,
2008, Sgt. Peacock
responded to a medical
emergency and discov-ered
an inmate with
a sheet tied around
his neck, hanging
from a sprinkler
head in his cell.
Sgt. Peacock im-mediately
called
for assistance and
removed the sheet. He began CPR until
other staff and EMT technicians arrived to
assist.
As a result of Sgt. Peacock’s swift ac-tions,
the inmate was unsuccessful at his
suicide attempt and was transported to a
Salisbury hospital for treatment. Although
the inmate later died of complications, his
family was grateful that they were able to
visit with the inmate prior to his death, due
in large part to the efforts of Sgt. Peacock.
Sgt. Peacock displayed true professional-ism
while performing his duties at Piedmont
Correctional Institution.
Teresa Price Sergeant, Fountain CCW
Sgt. Price has become
a standout employee
in multiple ways at
Fountain. She is as-signed
to the Fiscal
Section, and has sev-eral
responsibilities,
ranging from can-teen
operations
to computer
support to
Christmas pack-ages
and chemicals inventories.
Sgt. Price is an exemplary leader in these
areas, in addition to carrying the normal
duties of a sergeant. She also found a way
to more efficiently maintain an adequate
store of cleaning chemicals and supplies.
Sgt. Price’s quick response is believed
to have prevented a dangerous fire in the
laundry. Her discovery of the cause of
the near-incineration of cleaning rags in
a dryer has become part of DOC safety
training.
Superintendent Lynn Sanders said Sgt.
Price is a dedicated, caring employee,
“who strives to do what is best.”
Gary Wright
Sergeant, Caledonia CI
More than 10 years ago,
Sgt. Wright, retired
after 30 years as a
federal employee in
Washington, DC, hav-ing
worked in the White
House. He came to
North Carolina
and went to work
as a correctional
officer at Cale-donia.
With
his professionalism and dedication, Sgt.
Wright sets an exemplary standard for
other officers.
He shares his skills, experience and
training with volunteer agencies through-out
the Halifax County region. Sgt.
Wright is captain of a volunteer fire de-partment
dive team, conducting underwa-ter
searches and teaching others how to
do the same.
Caledonia Unit Manager John Saldi
nominated the sergeant for Officer of the
Year. He said Wright’s “many contribu-tions
to the local fire and rescue squads
speak volumes about his character.”
erenced and updated.
Lt. Warner is outstanding outside,
too. Twice on his way to work in pre-dawn
hours, Lt. Warner stopped to
help people: One, a man whose car,
with a friend inside, was wrecked in a
ditch; and another, three Marines
whose car had run out of gas on
their way back to base. “I can’t
imagine anyone more deserving,”
Capt. Kiewert said.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 2
Community Corrections Officers of the Year
Eddie Berry
Probation/Parole Officer II
Catawba County
Officer Berry has a “stay-until-the-
job-gets-done” work ethic
when it comes to offender
supervision. He often works
beyond normal hours on
cases that require judgment
and ability to spot “red flags” in case work.
He willingly serves as needed on special proj-ects,
such as the risk-needs assessment/case plan
pilot project in Raleigh, and he is willing to learn
new tasks and utilize new supervision tools.
Berry routinely performs thorough Community
Threat Group investigations as part of his role as
the District 25B CTG officer.
Chief Probation/Parole Office Kent Spears
nominated Berry, stating, “He’s the type of officer
who is a DCC ambassador in the community and
continually exhibits good judgment and character
on and off duty.
Joseph Hackett
Probation/Parole Officer II
Wayne County
Tanya Cannady kept walking
as she turned her back to the
highway to wave to some-one
behind her. She
did not see the car ap-proaching
at high speed.
A probationer did, and he screamed “No!” as he
spoke on the phone with Officer Hackett.
Hackett told the probationer to call 911, and
rushed to the scene, which was near his home.
A nurse had also shown up, and she and Hackett
checked Ms. Cannady. She had only a faint pulse.
Hackett began CPR until emergency medical per-sonnel
arrived. He also checked the driver and his
probationer.
Ms. Cannady’s injuries were serious, and
it’s believed the CPR was critical to her survival.
Hackett was also nominated for a Governor’s
Award for Excellence.
James Hadden
Chief Probation/Parole Officer
Richmond County
Chief James
Hadden is an
exceptional
and extraordi-nary
leader. He
has appeared
on the “Car-olina’s
Most
Wanted”
TV show
regard-ing
absconders, helped students
learn about court processes and
is a member of DOC’s Employee
Relations Committee.
Hadden has five commenda-tions
from Community Correc-tions.
He has supervised such
special caseloads as gangs, elec-tronic
monitoring, sex offenders
and domestic violence.
Hadden accepted an assign-ment
to supervise in a location
that required a 2-hour drive for
him each day. It also required
supervising twice as many of-ficers
as before. He improved
operations and kept pace, even
though an ankle injury required
surgery.
Hadden was also nominated
for a Governor’s Award for Ex-cellence.
A night of routine curfew
checks in Hillsborough became
anything but routine, perhaps
even heroic, for Probation
Officer Donald Harris.
Discovering a fire at an
apartment complex, he
called 911. He was told
that the fire had already been reported, but he
was asked to determine whether all residents had
Charles McDaniel
Probation/Parole Officer II
Fayetteville
Taking lunch to a friend
one day led to Officer
McDaniel saving
his friend’s life.
Noting the
friend’s behavior
and knowing that
his friend was depressed, Officer McDaniel
was uneasy about leaving him alone after
lunch. The friend insisted that he was OK, and
Officer McDaniel dropped him off at home.
But he checked on the friend again
after work, and found him passed out and
unresponsive. Officer McDaniel called 911
and tried to revive his friend, who had taken
more than 100 sleeping pills, a bottle of pain
medicine and had drunk two bottles of wine.
McDaniel accompanied his friend to the
hospital, because no family was nearby, and
he contacted the friend’s mother. Doctors said
the friend would have died if he had not been
found that night. The friend has recovered and
is doing well.
Mitzi Quinn
Probation/Parole Officer II
Cabarrus County
Consistently outstand-ing
performance en-sures
that Officer
Quinn’s work excels
beyond standard ex-pectations.
Dependable and
responsible, she supervises offenders in the
Criminal Justice Partnership Program and is a
Cognitive Behavior Intervention instructor.
Quinn ensured a smooth transition when
a new treatment provided had to be abruptly
replaced. Working with Victim’s Advocate
Office, she helped protect an offender under
her supervision from invasions of her privacy by
her estranged husband.
Quinn’s supervisor, Chief Officer Danny
Payne, said her work ethic, professionalism,
positive attitude and dedication make her a
model for her peers. “Mitzi Quinn is an asset
to the Department of Correction and very
deserving of Probation/Parole Officer of the
Year.”
Beverly Turner
Probation/Parole
Officer II
Bertie County
Compassion and
dedication drive
Officer Turner to
serve above and
beyond the call of
duty.
Assigned to the Bertie Day Reporting
Center, she has initiated and coordinat-ed
twice-weekly Narcotics Anonymous
meetings.
She also co-facilitates cognitive be-havioral
training. To make those happen,
Officer Turner works two split shifts
weekly.
Officer Turner has also paid special
attention to three teenage probationers,
who have had caretaker issues that ham-pered
their compliance with probation.
She has supervised them closely and has
worked diligently to find alternatives
that are conducive to their success. She
serves in the National Guard, too.
been evacuated. Officer Harris found an elderly
lady still inside her apartment, but her door was
jammed. He and a police officer found a window
unlocked and were able to pull the lady through
the window to safety.
Afterward, Officer Harris helped with crowd
and traffic control. He also assisted police and
fire officials investigating the fire by helping them
round up residents to interview about the fire’s
possible cause.
Donald Harris, Surveillance Officer, Orange County
Robert Whalley
Probation/Parole Officer II, Randolph County
Officer Robert Whalley demonstrated his dedication and commitment to Com-munity
Corrections early in his career when he completed a four-year college de-gree
while already working full-time as an intensive surveillance officer. The degree
allowed his promotion.
His exemplary performance made him the officer-of-choice to supervise
the Sex Offender Control Program in Randolph County. The extra responsibil-ity
required a large amount of special training, and Officer Whalley accepted
the duties, even though no salary increase came with the additional expectation.
In his compassion, he provided, at personal expense, needed clothing for a probationer. Being
a corrections instructor is also time-consuming, yet his supervision of those on his caseload re-mains
strong.
James Langston
Superintendent (retired), Wake CC
Dedicated to help-ing
ensure the
success of local
youths, Langston
is a driving
force in Wake
County and
beyond for
the Teen
Court program.
Langston, working with
courts, district attorneys and law
enforcement, helps divert non-vi-olent
first-time teenage lawbreak-ers
from a criminal record.
For the past seven years,
Langston has given 2,000 hours
volunteering in the program,
meeting with hundreds of teens
and their families, and explaining
participation and expectations.
Additionally, Langston created
Choices, which introduces the
teens to active inmates, who pro-vide
a first-hand perspective on
a life of crime and imprisonment.
At last year’s national Teen Court
summit, teenagers overwhelm-ingly
named Choices the most
significant presentation.
Glenn R. Weeks Chief Probation/Parole Officer
Swain and Jackson counties
Chief Weeks and his staff in Swain and Jackson counties have built a solid founda-tion
of trust and a professional fellowship with Cherokee Indian tribal officials. The
result has been an unprecedented level of cooperation, assistance and two-way
communications between state probation officers and Cherokee tribal police.
The relationship helps provide safety to both North Carolina and the tribal
communities by making it harder for offenders to evade supervision. Probation officers call upon
tribal police for leads on fugitives on tribal lands and to share data on outstanding warrants, new
convictions and other areas of mutual cooperation.
Chief Weeks has led the formation of these vital bonds both on the job and in the community.
Governor’s Award for Excellence Nominees
Mary Beth Carroll
Division of Prisons Administration
Working in the Divi-sion
of Prisons
director’s office,
Ms. Carroll has
distinguished
herself in
numerous
critical areas:
Reaching consortium agreements
with six community colleges for
instructors and training; stream-lining
the Inmate Holiday Package
Program; and writing the divi-sion’s
inmate visitation policy.
She was instrumental in the
Division’s success in obtaining
American Correctional Associa-tion
accreditation for 10 close-custody
prisons within a year.
The accreditation helps ensure
safe, secure and humane facilities.
Additionally, Ms. Carroll’s
achievments came while she
earned a college degree, graduat-ing
in the top of her class.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 3
Spotlight
Jennifer Heath, judicial district manager,
and Teresa Crisp, office assistant IV.
Above: Front row, Bryan Casad, probation/
parole officer III, and Charles Carter,
surveillance officer. Back row, Eyvonne
Taylor, probation/parole officer III, and Jose
Fernandez, surveillance officer. Left, Kendra
McClees, Heidi Weeks, Julie Harper, and
Kela Haynes, all probation/parole officer II’s.
Cynthia Sutton, chief probation/parole
officer; Laura Barwick, judicial
services coordinator; and
Gail Dail, office assistant III.
Anthony Flow, chief probation/parole
officer, and Rachel Bass, office
assistant III.
District 8 is comprised of Greene,
Lenoir and Wayne counties. All
three counties are largely rural,
with Wayne being the most urban.
Jennifer Heath is the district
manager. Cynthia Sutton is the
chief probation/parole officer in
Greene County. There are two
units in Lenoir County, and the
chief probation/parole officers are
Pat Dixon and Danny Hill. Wayne
County has four units, the chief
probation/parole officers are An-thony
Flow, Jansen Lee, Velvet
Smith and Heather Bevell.
The district has a total of 78
employees and supervises approxi-mately
3,400 offenders.
The District is in the process
of transition to probation/parole
officer II’s and judicial services co-ordinators.
The PPO II’s will have
a totally blended caseload of of-fenders
when the transition is fully
implemented.
Each unit is zoned to meet the
challenges of offender supervision.
This allows officers to work a zone
and more effectively supervise of-fenders.
Lenoir and Wayne counties have
very successful Day Reporting Cen-ters
that are structured to meet of-fender
needs at one location. They
provide substance abuse treatment,
GED, CBI, anger management and
life skills training.
District 8 employees participate
in the NC Special Olympics Torch
Run, and Wayne County Com-munity
Corrections is recognized
on the back of the Torch Run t-
Shirt for monies raised for Special
Olympics.
Staff also participate in the
Criminal Justice Partnership
Boards, Wayne County Jail Study
Commission, Wayne County Of-fice
of Emergency Services Safety
Committee, State Employees
Combined Campaign and local ab-sconder
roundups.
District 8 also received the Pa-triot
Award for its support of lo-cal
military in Operation Enduring
Freedom.
District 8 staff works hard to
meet the needs of offenders and
provide quality supervision to
make our citizens safe.
Community Corrections District 8
Left, Pat Dixon, chief
probation/parole officer,
and Dorothy Wilkes, office
assistant III.
Right, Jesse Thompson,
probation/parole officer II;
J.P. Foster, surveillance
officer; Bobby Lambert,
probation/parole officer II;
and Meredith Golembieski,
probation/parole officer II.
Above: Rohn Daughtry and Merrian Sanders, judicial
services coordinators; Yolanda Dunn, probation/parole
officer II; and Joey Dixon, surveillance officer.
Above, Vickie Wallace and Jeannette Horn, probation/
parole officer II’s; Mike Chase, probation/parole officer
III; and Greg Batts, probation/parole officer II.
Becky Hines, office assistant III; Danny Hill,
chief probation/parole officer; and Patricia
Battle, judicial services coordinator.
Left, Antonia Howard, Steve Taylor and Melissa Wright, all
probation/parole officer II’s; and Ronnie Bryant, surveillance officer.
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 4
Front row, Latashia Williams, probation/parole
officer II, and Tracy Mitchell, judicial services coordi-nator.
Middle row, Velvet Smith, chief probation/parole
officer, and Pat Stanley, judicial services coordinator.
Back row, Charles Raiford, probation/parole officer II;
Ray Grass, surveillance officer; and Ray Price,
probation/parole officer II.
Left, Greg
Kearney, proba-tion/
parole officer
III; Mike Miller,
probation/parole
officer II; John
Murray,proba-tion/
parole
officer III; and
Dennis Stocks,
probation/parole
officer II.
Catherine Pittman, office assistant IV,
and Heather Bevell, chief probation/
parole officer.
Upper left, Vickie Oman
and Minnie Sutherland,
probation/parole officer
II’s. Upper right, Betty
Lee, office assistant III,
and Jansen Lee, chief
probation/parole officer.
Left, Janice Wooten, office
assistant III; and Charles
Williams and Shannah
Howell, and Charles
Raiford, all probation/parole
officer II’s. Below, Angela
Gurley, Lee Davis and Pam
Grady, judicial services
coordinators.
Lisa Horton-Cox, probation/parole officer II;
Needham Wiley, probation/parole officer III; and
Traci Sutton, probation/parole officer II.
Travis Lewis, probation/parole officer II; Lisa Vail,
judicial services coordinator; and Joseph Hackett,
probation/parole officer II.
under its supervi-sion.
Its staff of 70
employees includes
approximately 50
probation and pa-role
officers.
Formerly a chief
probation/parole of-ficer
in the dis-trict,
Phillips suc-ceeds
the retired
Wayne Marshburn.
The Fayetteville native has been
in Community Corrections since
1986, beginning as a court intake
officer. She has a bachelor of arts
degree from UNC-Wilmington.
Phillips recently married Keith
Phillips, and she has a son, Hunter
Stuts, age 17. She loves to travel
and to spend time with her family,
friends and dogs.
KERNERSVILLE | Rose Cox is the
new assistant administrator for Com-munity
Corrections’ Division 3,
headquartered in Kernersville.
She succeeds the retired Betty Bauer.
As Division 3 assistant administra-tor,
Cox is responsible for the proba-tion,
parole and post-release super-vision
operations of more than
32,500 offenders and 655 staff
members in a 22-county region.
Cox has advanced through the
Department of Correction, begin-ning
as an office assistant III at
Piedmont Correctional Institution
in 1983. She moved in Community
Corrections as probation/parole of-
RALEIGH | Felicia McLean has been named Community
Correction’s new assistant director for Special Operations.
She is responsible for Victim Services, Criminal Justice
Program Planning, substance abuse programs, security and
support services, training, GPS monitoring, sex offender
management, criminal information management and the
24-hour technology center.
McLean was previously chief of DCC security services.
She began her career in October 1989 as a probation/pa-role
officer in Wake County, rising through ranks to be-come
Field Services manager before named chief of secu-rity
services.
A graduate of the department’s Correctional Leadership Development
Program, McLean also completed the state’s Certified Public Manager Pro-gram.
She is president-elect and program chair for the N.C. Society of Cer-tified
Public Managers.
McLean earn a bachelor of science degree in psychology from UNC-Pembroke.
She enjoys family time, travelling, scrapbooking and watching
television.
FAYETTEVILLE | Sharon Phillips is
the new manager for Community
Corrections operations in Cumber-land
County.
Comprised of Cumberland
County, District 12 has approxi-mately
3,575 probation, parole
and community service offenders
New assistant director at DCC
Felicia McLean
Rose Cox rises in DCC Division 3
DCC District 12 has new manager
Sharon Phillips
Rose Cox
SMITHFIELD |
Community Cor-rections’
Division
2 has a new assis-tant
adminitrator
-- Kevin Wallace,
who was previ-ously
manager of
District 4.
Division 2 covers eight districts
in 21 central southeastern North
Carolina counites, with its head-quarters
in Smithfield. As assistant
administrator, Wallace is respon-sible
for the probation, parole and
post-release supervision operations
of more than 31,000 offenders and
680 staff members in the region.
Wallace succeeds Diane Isaacs,
who was promoted to deputy di-rector
of Community Corrections.
He began his career as a pro-bation
officer, rising through the
ranks as an intensive officer, train-er,
training coordinator, executive
officer and chief of field services
before being named District 4 man-ager.
The district covers Sampson,
Duplin and Jones counties.
Wallace is a certified instruc-tor,
and has an advanced instructor
certificate. He is also in the current
class of the department���s Correc-tional
Leadership Development Pro-gram.
A graduate of UNC-Wilmington,
Wallace has a bachelor’s degree in
sociology/criminal justice.
He and his wife, Deb, have a
daughter, Devin. Wallace enjoys
watching his daughter play softball,
playing golf and hunting white tail
deer.
Wallace is active in his church
and is a member of the Criminal
Justice Education and Training
Standards Commission.
Kevin Wallace
named assistant
administrator
ficer in 1989. She
was a DCC district
manager prior to
a consolidation in
November 2009,
wh e n s h e wa s
named an assistant
district manager.
Cox is a 1983
graduate of Cataw-ba
College, with
a bachelor of science
degree in social work.
The Ramseur native is active in
her church and enjoys golf, hiking
the Colorado Rocky Mountains and
watching college basketball.
Kevin Wallace
DCC names new manager for District 23
JEFFERSON | Nancy Gilchrist is the new manager of Com-munity
Corrections’ District 23.
Comprised of Ashe, Alleghany, Yadkin and Wilkes
counties, the district includes a staff of 45 and 2,121 of-fenders.
Succeding the retired Bill Neal, Gilchrist had been a
chief probation/parole officer since 1996. She began her
corrections career in 1979 as a parole officer, and rose to
intensive officer in 1994.
Gilchrist is a 1979 graduate of UNC-Charlotte, where
she earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. Nancy Gilchrist
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 5
Hardee in charge at Hyde CI
LUMBERTON | Roberson Correctional
Center has a new superintendent --
Frederick B. Hubbard -- succeding the
retired Gentry Jacobs.
Robeson Correctional is a minimum
custody prison, housing approximately
275 inmates. It employs a staff of 85
security and administrative personnel.
Previously assistant superintendent / custody and
operations at the now-closed McCain Correctional Hos-pital,
Hubbard has worked in the Division of Prisons for
27 years. He began as a correctional officer at Southern
CI in 1983 and advance through the ranks, being as-signed
to McCain CH in 2009.
Hubbard has an applied science degree from Mount
Olive College, where he is earning a bachelor of science
in criminal justice/criminology. He earned certificates in
Wardens Training and Senior Supervisory Training.
Hubbard and his wife, Nona -- who works in Com-munity
Corrections -- have two adult children, Jonathan
and Angel -- and two granddaughters, Nylaa and Jyill.
He is active in his church and enjoys working out at the
local fitness center and spending time with his family and
rooting for N.C. State University athletic teams.
Interim director earns
position in Internal Audit
RALEIGH | Timothy Harrell is the
department’s new internal audit director.
He had been acting director since the
retirement of Vickie Haddock.
The internal audit director is respon-sible
for the overall planning, manage-ment,
direction and coordination of
audits for DOC. Harrell oversees the
supervision of compliance, investigative, performance,
financial and information system audits. Internal Audit
has three administrative employees and six audit teams
(17 auditors) in four regions. The section also assists
DOC senior management promote accountability and
ensure compliance with established standards, policies,
procedures and best practices.
Harrell began working for DOC in 1993 as a Division
of Prisons Administration accounting clerk IV. He was
promoted into Internal Audit in 2004, where he was
named a special assistant in 2007, prior to being named
acting audit director in 2008.
The Elizabeth City State University graduate has a
bachelor’s degree in accounting. He also completed the
Correctional Leadership Development Program.
Harrell and his wife, Kimberly, have a daughter,
Taylor. The Robeson County native enjoys family time,
sports, exercizing, reading and coaching boys basketball.
Joe Prater, a veteran administrative
manager, has been named to head the
Division of Prisons’ budget, fiscal and
personnel operations.
With the appointment, Prater is
DOP’s assistant director in charge of
the Administrative Services Section. He
had been acting assistant director since
December 2008.
Prater began his career in the Department of Cor-rection
as a correctional planner in 1997. He was chief
of administrative services in the Division of Community
Corrections and DOP systems accountant before being
named acting assistant director in DOP Administrative
Services.
Prior to working in corrections, Prater had 14 years
in local government management and two years as a
chief financial officer for a private, non-profit organiza-tion.
He has a bachelor of arts degree and a masters de-gree
in public administration from N.C. State University
(NCSU). Prater and wife, Cheryle, have two children:
Brittany, a 2009 NCSU graduate; and Joey, a second
year NCSU student.
Prater, who resides in Garner, is active in his church,
and enjoys sports, running and relaxing at the coast.
CHARLOTTE -- Kenneth Lassiter, a 21-
year veteran in the Division of Prisons,
has been named the Charlotte Correc-tional
Center superintendent.
The prison is a minimum custody
facility that houses approximately 250
adult male inmates, and employs 65
correctional officers and administrative
staff members.
Lassiter succeeds Richard Neely, who
was named administrator at Lanesboro Correctional In-stitution.
Prior to his new position, Lassiter was assistant su-perintendent/
custody and operations at Pasquotank
Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City. He began his
career as a correctional officer in 1989 at Odom Correc-tional
Institution in Northampton County.
NEWTON | Tim Kerley is the new su-perintendent
at Catawba Correctional
Center.
The prison houses 230 minimum
custody inmates and employs approxi-mately
55 officers and administrative
staff members.
Kerley was previously Catawba Cor-rectional’s
assistant superintendent. He
had advanced through the ranks in the
Division of Prisons, beginning as a correctional officer in
1985 at Iredell Correctional Center.
The new superintendent was a 2002 Correctional Of-ficer
of the Year. He served 12 years on the South Pied-mont
Area Prison Emergency Response Team.
Kerley and his family reside in Statesville.
Tim Harrell Joe Prater
Joe Prater officially
takes DOP fiscal reins
Lassiter leading Charlotte CC
Catawba CC has new leader
RALEIGH | Michael Tart has been named
manager of Combined Records, a sec-tion
of Management Information
Systems that maintains the centralized
repository of inmate records for the
Department of Correction.
He replaces Judy Sills, who retired.
Tart, a native of Johnston County, has served as a
purchasing agent for the past two years. He previously
served for 20 years in materials management for Nortel
Networks in Research Triangle Park.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial manage-ment
from North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky
Mount and a master’s in organizational management
from Pfeiffer University in Charlotte.
He also serves as senior pastor at Smithfield Advent
Christian Church. He and his wife, Teresa, have twin
16-year-old sons. In his spare time, he enjoys attending
his sons’ soccer games at Clayton High School, fishing
and hunting.
Combined Records
manager selected
Michael Tart
Tim Kerley
Kenneth Lassiter
January 2010 promotions
Malvert Walker, Correction
Enterprises manager II,
Pender Sewing Plant
February 2010 promotions
Tammie Adcock, nurse
director, DOP Health
Services
Charles Anderson,
maintenance mechanic IV,
Warren CI
Herbert Bell, food service officer, Tabor CI
Edith Bowe, nurse supervisor, Caswell CC
Kenneth Brayboy, food service manager I, Scotland CI
James Brewer, sergeant, Wilkes CC
Louis Buck, food service officer, Tabor CI
Curtis Fisher, sergeant, Piedmont CI
Donald Buterbaugh, programs supervisor, Western YI
Christopher Caughill, office assistant IV, DOP Program Services
Ronald Coleman, maintenance mechanic V, Sampson Laundry
Pamela Freeman Caviness, nurse supervisor, NC CIW
Levi Dillahunt, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 26A
Robin Dunbar, accounting clerk V, Tyrrell CI
Mary Dunn, sergeant, Franklin CC
Odessa Gatewood, assistant DCC district manager II,
DCC District 10
Bobby Herring, food service manager I, ACDP DWI Food Services
Cecil Herring, inmate disciplinary hearing officer,
DOP Administration
on
MovingUp
SWAN QUARTER | Michael A. Hardee
is the new superintendent at Hyde Cor-rectional
Institution, succeeding Robert
Jones, who transferred to Pasquotank CI.
Hardee manages a prison that houses
approximately 735 inmates in both medi-um
and minimum custody facilities. Hyde
CI has approximately 235 staff members
in security and administrative positions.
Hardee had been superintendent of
Carteret Correctional Center since September 2008.
Beginning his career in 1988 as a correctional officer at
the now-closed Martin Correctional Center, Hardee rose
through the ranks, to assistant superintendent at Duplin
CI 2002-2003 and at Pamlico CI 2003-2008.
A 1988 graduate of East Carolina University, Hardee
has a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. He is
also a graduate of the department’s Correctional Leader-ship
Development Program, and has an Advanced Cor-rections
Certificate.
Married with two children, Hardee enjoys family and
outdoors activities, especially East Carolina University
football and basketball.
Hubbard at helm at Robeson CC
Michael Hardee
Frederick Hubbard
RAEFORD | Sorrell Saunders has been named
operations manager for the Division of Prisons’
South Central Region.
As operations manager, Saunders directly super-vises
Bladen, New Hanover and Robeson correc-tional
centers, and helps the regional director man-age
and supervise 12 prisons in 10 counties. Saun-ders
also supervises the region’s canine handlers,
conducts internal investigations and coordinates
drug interdictions in South Central Region prisons.
Prior to being named operations manager, Saunders had
been superintendent of the now-closed McCain Correctional
Hospital since 2008. Saunders spent the first 16 years in
corrections at Southern Correctional Institution in Troy,
where he began as a program assistant and advanced through
the ranks to captain in 1998. In 2000, he was named assis-tant
superintendent at Sanford Correctional Center.
A graduate of N.C. Central University, Saunders has a
bachelor’s degree in public administration. He has also com-pleted
the state’s Certified Public Manager program and the
National Institute of Corrections’ leadership development
program.
Saunders and his wife, Selina, have a son, Sorrell II. He is
active in his church.
New manager for S. Central Region
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Sorrell Saunders
Mary Hamilton, correctional officer, Alexander CI, 6y
Teresa Harris, housekeeper, DOP Health Services, 30y1m
Della Jones Murphy, licensed practical nurse, Scotland CI, 6y1m
Harry Lindley, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 14, 25y
Gary Maney, judicial services coordinator, DCC District 28,
24y5m
Keith McRoberts, electrician II, Albemarle CI, 5y
Danna Metz, nurse director, Central Prison, 18y7m
Kenneth Phillips, extension education & training specialist III,
DOP Educational Services, 5y3m
Ashley Price, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 19y5m
Timothy Raynor, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 27y1m
Willie Rhodes, correctional officer, Duplin CI, 12y8m
Fred Smith, technology support technician, Foothills CI, 8y11m
Charlie Taylor, correctional officer, Cararrus CC, 28y
Ricky Wall, correctional officer, Central Prison, 25y6m
Jerry Wester, probation/parole intensive case officer,
DCC Distdrict 9, 22y
Noah Wiseman, correctional officer, Charlotte CC, 28y1m
George White, correctional officer, Neuse CI, 8y6m
Stanley Yuan, physician - A-III, DOP Health Services, 10y2m
March 2010 retirements
Larry Allen, lieutenant, Avery-Mitchell CI, 19y6m
James Ball, maintenance mechanic IV, Avery-Mitchell CI, 28y2m
Jackie Bass, maintenance mechanic IV, Harnett CI, 12y11m
Robert Baxter, correctional officer, Scotland CI, 6y11m
Stanley Beam, facility maintenance supervisor II,
DOP Western Region Maintenance, 5y1m
Harvey Bone, correctional officer, Carteret CC, 7y
Howard Boudreau, food service officer, DOP Food Services,
22y7m
Rebecca Broadway, correctional officer, Piedmont CI, 11y11m
Howard Clark, case manager, Fountain CCW, 12y
Delbert Cline, facility maintenance supervisor IV,
DOP Western Region Maintenance 4, 5y
Jerry Cosby, correctional officer, Marion CI, 11y1m
Jackson Cox, programs director I, Caldwell CC, 25y6m
William Ellis, programs director, Rowan CC, 28y
Brenda Farley, nurse consultant, Central Prison, 12y6m
Reginald Goffington, correctional officer, Odom CI, 30y
Linda Haynes, Correction Enterprise supervisor II,
Marion Sewing Plant, 9y5m
Lynn Henry, assistant superintendent - custody / operations III,
Warren CI, 30y
Mary Hoskins, sergeant, Albemarle CI, 23y4m
Earnest Howard, correctional officer, Odom CI, 15y10m
Katie Johnson, correctional officer, Albemarle CI, 8y10m
Billy Joyner, maintenance mechanic V, ACDP Maintenance,
29y9m
Johnny King, food service manager III, Neuse CI, 21y5m
Kyu Lee, physician-A III, Hoke CI, 26y
Larry Peavy, lieutenant, Hoke CI, 21y7m
James Pierce, administrator II, DOP Piedmont Region, 34y
Dennis Robinson, surveillance officer, DCC District 19A, 23y5m
Clyde Scott, food service officer, Greene CI, 16y5m
Blaine Shelton, correctional officer, Haywood CC, 10y5m
Horace Shirley, correctional officer, Greene CI, 16y6m
Hilda Spivey, training coordinator II, OSDT, 22y9m
Raymond Sutton, sergeant, Haywood CC, 21y6m
Jerry Sweatt, correctional officer, Piedmont CI, 21y6m
Delores Swing, processing assistant IV, DCC District 18A, 34y
Marilyn Taylor, correctional officer, New Hanover CC, 18y1m
Glen Wall, maintenance mechanic IV,
Warren Janitorial Products Plant, 20y6m
Everett Williams, correctional officer, Western YI, 19y1m
Malcom Williams, lieutenant, Warren CI, 31y1m
Joanna Worley, nurse supervisor, Craggy CI, 21y
February 2010 promotions, continued January 2010 retirements
Colvin Debrew, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 30y1m
Gloria Lockhart, case analyst, NC CIW, 23y2m
Judy Sills, internal systems consultant II,
Combined Records, 37y1m
February 2010 retirements
Patricia Adcock, personnel technician I, Human
Resources, 30y
Betty Bauer, division assistant administrator, DCC Division 3,
30y3m
Vollie Bieler, correctional officer, Craggy CI, 6y9m
Joseph Braxton, sergeant, Eastern CI, 27y1m
Carraway Raye, probation/parole Officer I, DCC District 2, 26y
Joseph Carswell, sergeant, Foothills CI, 13y5m
Albert Clark, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 20y1m
Eugene Clary, correctional officer, Warrenton CI, 28y3m
Linda Clontz, judicial services coordinator, DCC District 28,
25y5m
Joseph Copple, correctional officer, Albemarle CI, 5y10m
Barbara Davis, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 10,
28y3m
Jimmy Evans, captain, Tabor CI, 28y5m
William Fredell, correctional officer, Foothills CI, 5y
Reid Garrison, HVAC mechanic, Scotland CI, 19y6m
Blass Gatling, correctional officer, Odom CI, 30y5m
Erin Hickey, diagnostic services specialist,
DOP Diagnostic Services
Donald Hite, facility maintenance supervisor IV, Warren CI
Tyra Jackson, food service officer, Caledonia CI
Donald Jones, DCC assistant district manager II, DCC District 10
Kelly Jones, personnel technician I, Personnel
Mary Jones, programs director I, Scotland CI
Joyce Kerns, rehabilitation therapy coordinator,
DOP Psychological Services
James Kittrell, food service officer, Dan River PWF
Alvin Laws, institution classifications coordinator, Eastern CI
Michael Leonard, probation/parole surveillance officer,
DCC District 22
Judith Leyrer, pharmacy director, DOP Pharmacy
David Livengood, Correction Enterprises manager IV,
Reupholstery Plant
Hampton Martin, facilitymaintenance supervisor IV, Morrison CI
Alex McClellon, sergeant, Tabor CI
Kenneth Mendoza, sergeant, Cabarrus CC
Bobby Moore, HVAC mechanic, Piedmont Region Maintenance
Nagako Mori, clinical chaplain II, NC CIW
David Myers, maintenance mechanic V,
Correction Enterprises Farms
Deanna Nelson, pharmacist, DOP Pharmacy
Curtis Overcash, facilitymaintenance supervisor IV, Piedmont CI
Michael Owens, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Hartley Oxendine, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 16
Lawrence Parsons, assistant superintendent -
custody & operations III, Lanesboro CI
Ricky Peele, sergeant, Western YI
Jerome Reeves, accounting clerk IV, Raleigh CCW
Larry Shields, sergeant, Western YI
Therman Simmons, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Robert Stockwell, purchasing officer III, Purchasing
Gloria Sutton, programs supervisor, Duplin CI
Carissa Smith, professional nurse, Caledonia CI
Lucy Smith, sergeant, Tillery CI
Velvet Smith, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 7B
Keith Stanley, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 13
Theresa Starling, administrative secretary III,
DCC Administration
Tawana Tilghman, sergeant, Pamlico CI
Christopher Tucker, food service officer, Albemarle CI
James Watts, food service manager I, Western YI
Matthew Wells, facility maintenance supervisor II, Engineering
Leslie Wilson, food service manager I, Durham CC
Johnny Woodring, programs supervisor, Avery-Mitchell CI
Joyce Wrenn, processing assistant IV,
Correction Enterprises Cannery
March 2010 promotions
Teresa Adkins, Correction Enterprises supervisor II,
Marion Sewing Plant
Robert Arney, food service officer, Alexander CI
Nancy Ausley, shipping/receiving supervisor I,
Apex Warehouse
Patti Avery, administrative officer II, DCC Administration
ChristopherBeasley, lieutenant, Nash CI
John Beasley, sergeant, Maury CI
Ricky Bell, assistant unit manager, Central Prison
Heather Bevell, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 8
Rosemary Biancardi, case manager, Tabor CI
Joseph Billings, sergeant, Alexander CI
George Blackmon, captain, Harnett CI
John Brewer, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29
Daniel Brown, sergeant, Alexander CI
Tyrone Brown, training coordinator II, OSDT
Jamie Bullard, assistant unit manager, Tabor CI
Robert Bullis, sergeant, Mountain View CI
Michael Burnette, training coordinator I, OSDT
Anna Cable, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 29
Michael Cahoon, sergeant, Tyrrell PWF
Lawrence Callair, sergeant, Durham CC
Christopher Castelloe, training specialist II, Piedmont CI
Terry Cheek, electronics technician III,
DOP Western Region Maintenance
Norman Cherry, training instructor II, OSDT
Russel Chester, lieutenant, Alexander CI
Christopher Cockerham, sergeant, Alexander CI
Lashiaka Coleman, programs supervisor, Dan River PWF
Cory Collins, sergeant, Tabor CI
John Covington, sergeant, Polk CI
Ronald Covington, captain, Lanesboro CI
Brandon Cribb, sergeant, Tabor CI
Dawn Crocker, administrative assistant II, DCC Division 2
Jada Daniels, assistant superintendent - programs II,
Avery-Mitchell CI
Jeffery Daniels, captain, Avery-Mitchell CI
Michael Daniels, substance abuse councelor advanced,
DART Cherry
Joseph Dematty, lieutenant, Craven CI
James Dixon, lieutenant, Warren CI
Rhonda Drumgo, sergeant, Warren CI
Earl Dunston, extension education & training specialist III,
DOP Education Services
Brian Eason, sergeant, Pasquotank CI
James Ellison, sergeant, Polk CI
Michael Filighera, unit manager, Tabor CI
Dalva Fleming, programs supervisor, Eastern CI
Teresa Freeman, processing assistant IV, DCC District 18
Rebecca Fulcher, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 3
Odessa Gatewood, assistant DCC district manager II,
DCC District 10
Paula Grady, case analyst, Craven CI
Michael Grasty, lieutenant, Craggy CI
Wendy Gardy, lieutenant, Nash CI
Larry Gobbs, training instructor II, OSDT
Carolyn Golmes, nurse supervisor, Eastern CI
Denise Gooker, personnel assistant V, Human Resources
Regina Van Gorder, office assistant IV, DCC District 4
Anthony Gumphrey, lieutenant, New Hanover CC
Cecil Herring, inmate disciplinary hearing officer,
Prison Management
Neil Jarrett, judicial unit supervisor, DCC District 28
Michael Jenkins, lead officer, Caldwell CC
Melton Johnson, captain, Caledonia CI
Stephen Johnson, maintenance mechanic V, Caledonia CI
Donald Jones, DCC assistant district manager II,
DCC District 10
Samuel Jones, sergeant, Maury CI
Fonda Jones-Ellison, food service officer, Scotland CI
Alonzo Joyner, food service officer, Warren CI
Elaine Joyner, food service manager I, Raleigh CCW
Patricia Kelley, sergeant, Maury CI
Brian Kirby, sergeant, Eastern CI
Sylvester Kitchen, sergeant, NC CIW
Carla Knox, sergeant, NC CIW
Jonathan Lanehart, sergeant, Tabor CI
Tammy Lee, training specialist II, Pasquotank CI
Timothy Lemarier, HVAC mechanic, Central Prison
Gregory Lewis, lead worker IV, Combined Records
Sarah Lindquist, professional nurse, Foothills CI
James Lomax, staff development specialist II,
DOP Piedment Region Office
Cindy Lowery, processing assistant IV, NC CIW
Tammy McGee, food service officer, Fountain CCW
Latasha McLean, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 11
Michael Meadows, food service officer, Pasquotank CI
Joseph Miller, sergeant, Alexander CI
Anthony Mincey, sergeant, Nash CI
Daryl Mitchell, sergeant, Caledonia CI
Valerie Mitchell, processing assistant IV, Purchasing
Wesley Morris, food service officer, Nash CI
Diane Murray, diagnostic center director, NC CIW
Willie Murray, sergeant, Duplin CI
Glenn Oakes, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 23
Phillip Padgett, sergeant, Foothills CI
Cheryl Perkins, information processing technician,
DCC Security
Michael Piercy, sergeant, Foothills CI
Deshaunn Pollock, chief probation and parole officer,
DCC District 18
Johnny Presnell, facility maintenance supervisor IV,
Marion CI
Christopher Prichett, sergeant, Catawba CC
David Queen, sergeant, Mountain View CI
Gwendolyn Ramsey, food service officer, Polk CI
Chandra Ransom, unit manager, Scotland CI
Elton Rogers, lieutenant, Franklin CC
Isaac Rogers, programs supervisor, Caswell CC
Donald Rose, lieutenant, Western YI
Ronald Roush, captain, Lumberton CI
Richard Ruiz, parole case analyst, Parole Commission
Marlin Salazar, Correction Enterprise supervisor III,
Apex Warehouse
Nathan Shoemake, sergeant, Alexander CI
Connie Smith, office assistant v, ACDP Black Mountain
Dennis Smith, HVAC mechanic, Marion CI
Hugh Smith, food service officer, Polk CI
Kristie Stanback, assistant superintendent -
custody / operations III, Scotland CI
Ella Stanley, substance abuse counselor, ACDP DART Cherry
Lindsay Stover, administrative secretary III, Central Prison
Jesse Swartz, training instructor II, OSDT
Tobias Turley, sergeant, Pasquotank CI
Joseph Valliere, captain, Piedmont CI
Donna Walker, accounting technician, Caswell CI
James Watson, programs director I, Durham CI
Carolyn White, sergeant, Craven CI
Mary White, programs supervisor, Dan River PWF
Kelli Whitley, psychological services coordator, Maury CI
Derek Williams, correctional programs director I, Rowan CI
Kimberly Williams, DCC assistant district manager I,
DCC District 7
Lavar Williams, food service officer, Nash CI
Kelvin Windley, sergeant, Craven CI
Jonathan Zimmerman, HVAC mechanic, Western Region
Maintenance
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 7
LOUISBURG | A Nash Correctional
Institution officer and his brother
were haled as heroes after they
stopped a threatening, armed man
from entering a church near Louis-burg.
Michael White and his brother
Steven were at the church, help-ing
feed needy resident, when their
cousin, James White, was asked to
leave the after he began acting inap-propriately.
An estimated 30 people
were in the church when James
White returned with a rifle a short
time later.
James White uttered a threat,
and Michael saw him start to raise
the rifle into firing position. Michael
grabbed the rifle barrell and started
to wrestle with James.
“I didn’t think. (There was) not
much time to think,” he told the
Franklin Times of Louisburg. “I knew
that, once he got the gun into a full
crest, he would be in total control.”
Steven White joined the fray. The
weapon fired once, but no one was
hit. Law enforcement officers said
the rifle had 12 rounds of ammuni-tion.
Brothers Michael and Steven were
able to wrest the rifle from James’
hands.
Church members said Michael
and Steven were heroic.
James White was charged and
taken to Central Prison as a safe-keeper.
Michael White said he hopes
his cousin will get the help he needs.
Division of Prisons canine officers gathered in March to attend a training session near Raleigh. New dogs have been purchased by
DOP to begin replacing aging dogs first purchased in 2001. The replacement process will be a gradual transition to retire most of
the division’s 16 narcotic detection dogs. Shown left to right are: Tommy Callahan and Silvie, Pat Baggett and Jedi, Jason Holliday
and Molly, Gene Tunstall and Ice, Waddell Dockery and Cobra, Steve Biggerstaff and Tosca, Dale Robertson and Leika, Michael
Jones and Dolf, and Kirk Penley and Draco. Not pictured are Ricky Allen and Max and Randy Garrett and Lady. The division
developed the Canine Drug Interdiction Program to help address the problem of drugs in prisons. The canine teams have been used
to conduct staff and visitor interdictions as well as facility searches. These interdictions can take place at anytime and are designed
to deter and prevent illegal drugs and contraband from entering into our prisons.
RALEIGH | The Division of Prisons has hon-ored
the late Gary Sprinkle of Winston-Salem
as its top volunteer in the state for his 13 years
of service to inmates at Forsyth Correctional
Center.
The honor was presented in April during a
ceremony, where the division cited Sprinkle and
19 other volunteers from across the state for
their contributions.
Sprinkle, who died in February, led a Bible
study for inmates and coordinated their gradu-ation
ceremonies. He also coordinated the in-mates’
choir.
He sponsored the Community Volunteer
program, chaired the Community Resource
Council and ensured the provision of the
equipment needed for employee events and
picnics and for the inaugural ceremony of the
4 Gates Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
4 Union Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2009.
4 Umstead Correctional Center, Nov. 1, 2009.
4 Cleveland Correctional Center, Dec. 1, 2009.
4 McCain Correctional Hospital, April 1, 2010.
Two other prisons merged into larger neighboring
prisons effective Dec. 1, 2009. Anson Correctional Cen-ter
became a minimum-security unit of Brown Creek Cor-rectional
Institution and Rowan Correctional Center simi-larly
became a part of Piedmont Correctional Institution.
Hoke, Odom and Lincoln correctional institutions con-verted
from medium to minimum-custody, resulting in
staff reductions. Additional inmates were housed at War-ren,
Nash, Pamlico and Craven correctional institutions,
resulting in additional staff at those facilities.
court officials. Perspectives and
recommendations from groups
directly and indirectly involved
in the criminal justice system -
- including judges, district attor-neys,
public defenders, law en-forcement
officials, advocates for
crime victims and survivors and
community treatment providers
--will also be solicited.
In 10 other states, the Coun-cil
of State Governments Justice
Center has partnered with Pew
and Bureau of Justice Assistance
to help policymakers analyze
data and develop legislative
packages that have generated
hundreds of millions of dollars in
savings that have then been re-invested
in strategies to increase
public safety and reduce recidi-vism.
Adam Gelb, director of Pew’s
Public Safety Performance Proj-ect
spoke highly of North Caro-lina
pioneer leadership in correc-tions.
“Fifteen years ago, North
Carolina put in place a model
system that increased prison
terms for violent and career
criminals and established a
partnership with counties to
supervise low-risk offenders in
the community,” he said. “Now
there is a strong commitment
from top state officials to build
on that national leadership.”
The Council of State Govern-ments
Justice Center is a na-tional
nonprofit organization that
serves policymakers at the local,
state and federal levels from all
branches of government. It pro-vides
practical, nonpartisan ad-vice
and consensus-driven strate-gies
-- informed by available evi-dence
-- to increase public safety
and strengthen communities.
To learn more about the justice
reinvestment strategy in North
Carolina and other states, visit
www.justicereinvestment.org.
The Pew Center on the States
is a division of The Pew Chari-table
Trusts that identifies and
advances effective solutions to
critical issues facing states. Pew
is a nonprofit organization that
applies a rigorous, analytical ap-proach
to improve public policy,
inform the public and stimulate
civic life. Visit www.pewcen-teronthestates.
org.
Sorrell Saunders, 2nd from left, superintendent at the time, helps Lt.
Charles Patterson supervise the loading of the last inmates to be trans-ferred
from the now-closed McCain Correctional Hospital. Staff such as
Lead Officer Ray Taylor, right, of Hoke Correctional Institution had to ensure
inmate records were complete and properly handled in the transfer.
Prisons closed, from first page
Division presents volunteer award
posthumously to Winston-Salem man
Accepting the award on behalf of Sprinkle’s family is Sarah
Cobb (2nd from right), Forsyth Correctional Center program
coordinator. Secretary Alvin Keller made the presentation.
Also on hand were, from left, Dan Lilly, assistant Division
of Prisons director for program services; Division of Prisons
Director Bob Lewis; David Boswell, Forsyth CC assistant
superintendent; and acting Piedmont Region Director Charles
Stevens.
New Leash on Life dog training program.
Sprinkle continued his volunteer service
through an illness until just before his death.
Drug detection dog training
Officer foils tragedy
Justice, from first page at church function
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 8
NASH COUNTY | Four officers
from the Tillery and Caledonia cor-rectional
facilities have been com-mended
for their actions upon wit-nessing
a one-car accident.
In early April, William Sayers of
Tillery and Tarry Rudd, Reginald
Clements and Hidlegarde Bobbitt
of Caledonia were returning to their
prisons when they witnessed the
accident on highway US 64 East in
Nash County.
They drove to the scene to assess
whether anyone needed assistance,
and found two injured passengers in
the car. Immediately, Sayers made a
911 call, Rudd began to direct traf-fic,
and Bobbit obtained the first aid
kit from the officers’ car.
Sayers and Clement assisted the
passengers, while Rudd and Bobbitt
tended traffic.
They remained at the scene until
emergency medical technicians and
law enforcement arrived. They also
provided law enforcement officers an
account of what they had seen when
the accident occurred.
A Nash County sheriff’s lieuten-ant
called the facilities’ superinten-dents
and commended the officers
for the actions.
The challenge of jumping into a
frigid lake in February would have a
chilling effect of most people. But it
wasn’t enough to deter more than
2 dozen people from plunging into
Lake Raleigh in the N.C. State Polar
Plunge fundraiser for Special Olympics
North Carolina. Left, with participants
encouraged to wear a costume, two
plungers from the Division of Prisons
congratulate each other. From the
Security Office, they are Scott ‘Santa’
Peele, chief, and Wayne Talbert, as-sistant
chief. (The photo was taken by
Chuck Liddy of The News & Observer,
which granted permission for its use
in Correction News.)
Chilly dipping
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Diane Sturges, left, office assistant IV in
the Community Corrections District 7 office
in Wilson, was honored with the Michael
A. Davis Family Award for 4-H Volunteer
Excellence. Presenting the award is Dr.
Marshall Stewart, state 4-H leader. As the
recipient of the award, Sturges is North
Carolina’s nominee for the National 4-H
Salute to Excellence Outstanding Lifetime
Volunteer Award. A long-time Halifax
County volunteer, has been active on the county, district, state, regional and
national levels. Over the years, she has dedicated countless hours to helping
4-H’ers “make the best better” and recruiting and training volunteers.
She was previously inducted into the Achievement Hall in 4-H Leadership
and is an Emerald Master Volunteer ACE.
Employee deaths
January 2010
Edward Pounds, correctional officer, Neuse CI, 3y
Malikka Smith, correctional officer, Pasquotank CI, 5y6m
February 2010
Roger Byrd, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 15, 18y4m
March 2010
Tammy Owens, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 12,
1y2m
Kathy Zimmer, professional nurse, Craven CI, 3y5m
Upper photo left, Former
Washington Redskins coach and
NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs,
left, visited Wake Correctional
Center in March, taking his
his inspirational “Game Plan
for Life” message to inmates.
Gibbs‘ motivational and spiritual
talk to inmates was based on
his book titled “Game Plan for
Life.” Greeting him at the prison
was Superintendent James
Langston, right, now retired.
Lower photo, Langston listens at
a retirement reception, where he
was presented the state’s “Order
of the Long Leaf Pine” by DOP
Region Director George Currie,
right, in honor of Lancaster’s
service.
Recent ‘Peak’ graduating classes
Above, from left, back row, James Whitaker, food service manager, Warren Correctional Institution;
Tonshea Tillery, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 14; Cheryl Coldsmith, nursing supervisor
II, Warren CI; Areti Dimoulas, chief probation/parole officer, District 14; Nicola Blue, chief probation/
parole officer, DCC District 10; Katy Poole, assistant superintendent - operations, Morrison CI; Dawn
Dye, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 10; Jackie Beal, chief probation/parole officer, DCC
District 11; and India Winborne, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 5. Middle row, Starr
Taybron, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 10; Mike Rakouskas, chief probation/parole of-ficer,
DCC District 10; Chad Owens, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 7; Glenda Grady, chief
probation/parole officer, DCC District 4; Sharon Graham, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District
10. Front row, Sean Dillard, unit manager, Pasquotank CI; Daniel Everett, captain, Pamlico CI; Percy
Moore, chief probation/parole officer, District 16; and Robert Trask, assistant superintendent -
programs, Morrison CI.
Below, from left, Karey Treadway, chief probation/parole officer, District 29; Mark Matthews, chief
probation/parole officer, District 23; Pam Perry, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; Preston
Townsend, unit manager, Alexander CI; Joey Tillley, chief probation/parole officer, District 17; Steve
Stiles, chief probation/parole officer, District 30; Rhonda Walton, chief probation/parole officer, District
26; Darius Deese, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; and Brian Battle, chief probation/parole
officer, District 26. Front row, Danny Payne, chief probation/parole officer, District 19A; Sylvia Warren,
chief probation/parole officer, District 19A; Leona Owen, assistant superintendent - programs, Caswell
CC; Bridgette Johnson, chief probation/parole officer, District 26; Ernest Brown, unit manager, Alexan-der
CI; James Barker, chief probation/parole officer, District 28; Wheeler Buckingham, chief probation/
parole officer, District 20; Titus Johnson, chief probation/parole officer, District 24; and Paige Nance,
chief probation/parole officer, District 25.
APEX | OSDT, in keeping with its
motto of “Developing Tomorrow’s
Leaders Today,” recently graduate
36 employees from a new supervi-sory
training program called “A New
Generation of Supervisors: Enhanc-ing
Skills for Peak Performance.”
“Peak Performance” has been
designed to enhance communication
skills, improve problem-solving pro-ficiency
and provide supervisors with
a solid foundation for achieving peak
performance in dealing with people.
It is an adult-learning course that
requires workgroup dynamics, partic-ipant
interaction and individualized
reading/writing assignments. Class-room
involvement is committed to
open discussion and forums focusing
on instructor and participant knowl-edge,
experience and expertise.
All of the graduates were excited
to be given the tools needed to as-sist
them with supervising employ-ees.
Many stated that they learned
as much about themselves as they
did supervision skills.
OSDT has two classes scheduled
this summer, and participants must
meet these criteria:
4 DOC supervisors in pay grades
67-75.
4 Up to two years in current
position.
More than two years in current
status will require a special
request by manager and OSDT
approval.
OSDT also continues to offer a
first line supervision program, “Cor-rectional
Supervisory Training”
(CST). This program is also interac-tive,
requires participant interac-tion
and includes open discussion
forums. A CST class is scheduled in
May. The criteria for participation in
CST are:
4 DOC supervisors in pay grades
up to 66.
4 Up to two years in current
position.
More than two years in current
status will require a request by
manager and OSDT approval.
For more information, employees
should contact their work location
training coordinators or Monica
Shabo, OSDT Career Development
Section, smw02@doc.state.nc.us.
OSDT Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
Canadians look southward for answers
A Canadian group met with N.C. Department of Correction leaders recently
in a search for ideas of how to make an Ontario prison safer and more
effective. The Citizen Advisory Committee for Kingston Penitentiary gathered
in March with leaders from both Lumberton and Scotland correctional
institutions. Meeting at Lumberton CI, they sought ways to improve the
quality of the Canadian federal correctional process. Visitors Sharon and
Grant Mitchell, 5th and 6th from left, met with Scotland CI official, from left,
Beverly McEachin, programs supervisor; Gladys Casses, case manager;
and Daniel Barnes, programs supervisor; and Lumberton CI’s Tywana
Locklear, 4th from left, case manager, and Capt. Lecosus McRae, far right.
Inspirational leaders
Best 4-H volunteer
in North Carolina
The week of April 18–24 was dedicated as Crime Victims
Rights Week across the nation. Each year, the third week
in April is dedicated to this important cause to honor vic-tims
of crime and their families.
Carmen Mathieu is Victim Notification Program man-ager
in the Division of Community Corrections. The De-partment
of Correction’s Office of Victim Services and
the Victim Notification Program in DCC are members of
the Inter-Agency Council that organizes the Crime Vic-tims
Right Week Ceremony in Raleigh. Mathieu chairs the
Inter-Agency Council and was responsible for planning
this year’s event.
“In 1999, government victim service agencies and
non-profit victim services programs were joined together
by the NC Attorney General’s Office to form the Victim
Services Inter-Agency Council of North Carolina,” Ma-thieu
said. “We began to organize our efforts with one
Correction News / February-April 2010 Page 9
Prison leaders’s
long service honored
Harold E. Webster, right,
assistant superintendent
for programs II, Johnston
Correctional Institution,
was presented the Richard
Caswell Award in April. The
award is for state employees
with 45 or more years of service. Webster has more than 48. He received
an engraved jug and a certificate signed by Gov. Bev Perdue. With Webster
is Kelton Hinton, associational missionary of the Johnston Baptist Associa-tion,
representing the Southern Baptist Churches in Johnston County. The
presentation was made at the 14th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation
Supper.
Observance honors crime victims, their families
goal, to best serve and educate the citizens of North Car-olina
on issues involving crime victims.”
This year’s theme is “Crime Victims’ Rights: Fairness.
Dignity. Respect.”
“While great strides have been made in victim rights,
we must continue to make progress,“ Mathieu said.
At Raleigh’s CVRW ceremony this year, keynote
speakers were Debbie Smith, a rape survivor, and her
husband Rob Smith. Ms. Smith’s advocacy for herself
and other sexual assault victims has led to improved in-vestigations
and services for victims of sexual assault. The
Debbie Smith Act was made part of the Justice for All Act
of 2004 and was passed into law in 2004. Ms. Smith
remains dedicated to her work and tirelessly travels across
the country to improve victim services.
Victims of crime were recognized by a video presenta-tion
followed by a flower ceremony. A reception honored
those attending.